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Re: tail -1 * has unexpected output
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steve+dated+1205686707 . cabf1d |
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Re: tail -1 * has unexpected output |
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Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:58:26 -0400 (EDT) |
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FYI: using the 6.10 version of tail, still broken, but different error
text:
(14) address@hidden Tue 10:55am [~/coreutils-6.10/src] % ./tail -1 ~/z.1 ~/z.2
./tail: option used in invalid context -- 1
(15) address@hidden Tue 10:57am [~/coreutils-6.10/src] % ./tail -1 ~/z.1
this is z.1
- - Steve
On Fri, 7 Mar 2008, Bob Proulx wrote:
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 21:01:47 -0700
From: Bob Proulx <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: tail -1 * has unexpected output
address@hidden wrote:
tail: invalid option -- 1
What version of tail are you using?
tail --version
If it is older than 5.90 please upgrade. Your report implies that you
are probably running 5.2.1 from 2004. This behavior was changed in
coreutils 5.90 in 2005. The current stable release version is 6.10.
Here is the latest release information:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils-announce/2008-01/msg00001.html
Bob
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