Powershell tail parameter in powershell 2.0

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I have prepared a PowerShell script in PS 3.0 and when I am executing it in PS 2.0 I am getting an error saying "A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts the argument -tail".

The same command is being executed well in PS 3.0. Below is my command.

get-content '\\mtrlpqdc2c4-035\D$\HPBSM\log\odb\jvm_statistics.log' -Tail 1

Is there any other parameter that I can use instead of "-Tail"

I have tried "select -last 1". For this also I got the same output. — Vishnuvardhan Ch
– Vishnuvardhan Ch, Commented Apr 4, 2019 at 13:42

Maximilian Burszley · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-04 12:38:36Z

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No, Get-Content did not add the Tail parameter until v3.

A fast workaround:

(Get-Content -Path $path)[-1]

I believe Tail does not gather the content of the entire file and select n lines like my workaround does, so this method will be significantly slower on a large enough file unless you implement your own method of getting the end of a file.

answered Apr 4, 2019 at 12:38

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