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Re: tail "-f" option fails two ways in version 5.93
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: tail "-f" option fails two ways in version 5.93 |
Date: |
Thu, 10 Nov 2005 07:46:30 +0100 |
Jeff Kinz <address@hidden> wrote:
> I may have found a bug in tail.
...
> address@hidden src]# ./tail -4 -f /etc/passwd
> ./tail: invalid option -- 4
> Try `./tail --help' for more information.
It's not a bug. `-4' uses what we call the obsolescent
(aka, old but portable) option syntax.
Here are two ways to do what you want:
tail -4f FILE
tail -n 4 -f FILE