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import java.io.EOFException;
import java.io.RandomAccessFile;

class Tail {
  public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
    RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(args[0], "r");
    long count = 10;
    long position = raf.length();
    position -= count;
    if (position < 0)
      position = 0;
    raf.seek(position);
    while (true) {
      try {
        byte b = raf.readByte();
        System.out.print((char) b);
      } catch (EOFException eofe) {
        break;
      }
    }
  }
}

   
    
  

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