There's always Cygwin, if you're not trying to string it together with Windows shell utilities. It's not the most amazing environment ever, but it's easier than running a VM. I use tail at least once a day (typically tail -f on log files), so it's hard to imagine life without it.
I hope you get tail, Rob.
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I hope you get tail, Rob.
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