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gistfile1.txt

def tail_binary_file(input_file, tag, output_file):
    try:
        with open(input_file, 'rb') as f:
            # Read the entire file into memory
            data = f.read()

            # Find the position of the tag
            tag_position = data.find(tag)

            if tag_position == -1:
                print(f"Tag '{tag}' not found in the file.")
                return

            # Extract content from the tag to the end of the file
            content_from_tag = data[tag_position:]

            # Write the content to the new file
            with open(output_file, 'wb') as out_f:
                out_f.write(content_from_tag)

            print(f"Content from tag '{tag}' to the end of the file has been written to '{output_file}'.")

    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

# Example usage:
input_file_path = 'path/to/your/binary/file'
tag_to_search = b'YOUR_TAG'
output_file_path = 'path/to/output/file'

tail_binary_file(input_file_path, tag_to_search, output_file_path)