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Re: Problem with tail
- To: jont at harlequin dot co dot uk (Jon Thackray)
- Subject: Re: Problem with tail
- From: jepler at inetnebr dot com (Jeff)
- Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 20:05:48 -0600
- Cc: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- References: <14191.9702061609@dedekind.cam.harlequin.co.uk>
Jon Thackray writes:
> It appears that the beta-17 version of tail differes from the unix
> version in its interpretation of a number passed to it.
>
> eg tail +2 on unix is interpreted as tail from line 2 onwards, whereas
> in beta-17 it seems to be interpreted as tail starting after line 2.
In the version of gnu tail installed on this Linux box (GNU textutils 1.9),
tail +N will show from line N onwards, and -N will show the last N lines.
Jeff
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