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Re: tail +N vs. tail -n N
From: |
Greg Jednaszewski |
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Re: tail +N vs. tail -n N |
Date: |
Wed, 06 Jul 2005 09:35:03 -0400 |
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Hi,
Paul Eggert wrote:
> Greg Jednaszewski <address@hidden> writes:
>>tail: `+5' option is obsolete; use `-n 5' since this will be removed in
>>the future
>
> This message is no longer present in coreutils CVS. Now, "tail"
> silently uses either the old meaning of +5 (as an option) or the new
> meaning (as a file name), depending on whether you're in backward
> compatibility mode. So the issue of the incorrect diagnostic is moot.
Ah, ok. Good.
>>Second, there does not seem to be an equivalent option for tail +N.
> Actually there is. You can use, for example, "tail -n +12".
Ah, this makes perfect sense. Now I see the paragraph towards the end
of the man page that describes this. I should have RTFM. Thanks for
the quick response.
Thanks,
Greg
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