Files to submit: tail.c
Time it took Matthew to Complete: 20 mins
All programs must compile without warnings when using the -Wall and -Werror options
Submit only the files requested
Do NOT submit folders or compressed files such as .zip, .rar, .tar, .targz, etc
Your program must match the output exactly to receive credit.
Make sure that all prompts and output match mine exactly.
Easiest way to do this is to copy and paste them
All input will be valid unless stated otherwise
Print all real numbers to two decimal places unless otherwise stated
The examples provided in the prompts do not represent all possible input you can receive.
All inputs in the examples in the prompt are underlined
You don't have to make anything underlined it is just there to help you differentiate between what you are supposed to print and what is being given to your program
If you have questions please post them on Piazza
Restrictions
No global variables are allowed
Your main function may only declare variables, call other functions, and assign variables values.
Write a program called tail.c that prints out the last N lines of a given file
Arguments to your program will be passed on the command line in the following order
Name of the file
N
N will always be at least 1
If N is greater than the number of lines in the file, all of the lines in the file should be displayed
You may assume that no line is longer than 100 characters
For an additional challenge try to solve the problem where there is no limit on the length of a line
My solution to dealing with any length lines involved using the functions ftell and fseek.
There is no limit to the number of lines in a file
Some lines may only contain the newline character, these still count as a line
My editor automatically added 1 newline character to the end of most of the test files but does not display them. Your editor may or may not display them but do be aware that they are there.
Example. Assume the file meme.txt contains the following
It
is
over 9000!!!
./tail.out meme.txt 1 over 9000!!!
./tail.out meme.txt 2 is
over 9000!!!
./tail.out meme.txt 10 It
is
over 9000!!!
