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Re: -n (number)
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: -n (number) |
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12 Dec 2003 18:20:05 -0800 |
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Stephen Newman <address@hidden> writes:
> For years the option on tail was tail -number, now all of a sudden
> it's tail -n (number)
> is this a bug, if not why was it changed?
This is covered in the coreutils manual; look for _POSIX2_VERSION.
Perhaps your distribution provider changed the version of POSIX that
they conform to?
For more details, please see the following threads:
http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2003-09/msg00087.html
http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2003-11/msg00028.html