Implement tail command to read file lines

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// Copyright (c) 2026 janevers (https://github.com/janevers-sys)
// This software is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See LICENSE file for details.
// This header needs to maintain in any file it is present in, as per the GPL license terms.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
// print all lines
if (argc == 2) {
if(strcmp(argv[1], "--help")) {
printf("-This command reads from the back of the file\n");
printf("-Use: tail [-n] [-number of lines] [file]\n");
return 0;
}
FILE *fp = fopen(argv[1], "r");
if (fp == NULL) {
printf("File not found\n");
return 1;
}
char buf[1024];
while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp)) {
printf("%s", buf);
}
fclose(fp);
return 0;
}
// only print last lines
if (argc == 4 && strcmp(argv[1], "-n") == 0) {
int lines = atoi(argv[2]);
if (lines <= 0) {
printf("Number of lines should be positive\n");
return 1;
}
FILE *fp = fopen(argv[3], "r");
if (fp == NULL) {
printf("File not found\n");
return 1;
}
// count total lines
int count = 0;
char buf[1024];
while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp)) {
count++;
}
// back to start of file
fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET);
// check if lines are the end lines
int skip = count - lines;
int i = 0;
while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp)) {
if (i >= skip) {
printf("%s", buf);
}
i++;
}
fclose(fp);
return 0;
}
printf("Wrong flag, --help for more info\n");
return 1;
}