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Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?
From: |
Pádraig Brady |
Subject: |
Re: tail +n does not work under Linux? |
Date: |
Wed, 20 May 2009 14:17:30 +0100 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071008) |
Eric Blake wrote:
>
> What do you think about the attached patch to the --help output (and thus
> man page)?
Yes there are too many "N"s.
> - -n, --lines=N output the last N lines, instead of the last
> %d;\n\
> - or use +N to output lines starting with the Nth\n\
> + -n, --lines=CNT output the last CNT lines, instead of the last
> %d;\n\
> + or use +CNT to skip the first CNT-1 lines\n\
> --max-unchanged-stats=N\n\
CNT doesn't read too well :)
How about COUNT or NUM?
What about the texi docs?
Would one change head -n docs also for consistency?
What about the other instances of N in tail --help?
cheers,
Pádraig.
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- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Christophe LYON, 2009/05/07
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Matthew Woehlke, 2009/05/07
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Christophe LYON, 2009/05/11
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Bob Proulx, 2009/05/11
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Christophe LYON, 2009/05/12
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Eric Blake, 2009/05/20
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Jim Meyering, 2009/05/20
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?,
Pádraig Brady <=
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Eric Blake, 2009/05/20
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Matthew Woehlke, 2009/05/20
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Eric Blake, 2009/05/29
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Pádraig Brady, 2009/05/29
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Jim Meyering, 2009/05/29
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Eric Blake, 2009/05/29
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Christophe LYON, 2009/05/20
Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2009/05/08