Re: Tail +N apparent error.

[Eric Blake]

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According to Jan-Pawel Wrozstojnik on 10/9/2009 2:52 AM:
> 
>   -n, --lines=N            output the last N lines, instead of the last
> 10;
>                            or use +N to output lines starting with the
> Nth
> 
> Yet, when I tried:
> 
>         tail +2 FILENAME

Not a bug.  You meant:

tail -n +2 FILENAME.

To make this clearer, the latest version of tail --help outputs this
instead (which means you may want to upgrade; coreutils is now at 8.0):

  -n, --lines=K            output the last K lines, instead of the last 10;
                           or use +K to output lines starting with the Kth

By the way, this is also dependent on what version of POSIX your system
complies with.  Your default is apparently POSIX 2001, but you can select
the older behavior by manipulating the _POSIX2_VERSION environment
variable, as documented in 'info coreutils standards'.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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