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Re: Bug: tail (GNU coreutils) 5.97
From: |
Bob Proulx |
Subject: |
Re: Bug: tail (GNU coreutils) 5.97 |
Date: |
Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:19:52 -0600 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
address@hidden wrote:
> This particular default version of tail cannot handle the argument,
> +line-number. This shortcoming does not permit portability. The
> work-around is to do more math than is necessary.
Thank you for your report. However there are a number of IFs, ANDs
and HERETOs associated with this topic. It really depends upon which
POSIX standard your system is conforming to. Please see this FAQ for
more information:
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#Old-tail-plus-N-syntax-now-fails
> # Clean up the old index.html_* files.
> find $TWD -name 'index.html_*' -mtime +14 -exec rm -f {} \;
In passing let me note that using "{} +" is much more efficient than
using "{} \;" there. See the find documentation for this new-ish but
POSIX standard way to make your find commands more efficient.
Bob