mehar koduri wrote: > we use +n option to output the lines from n to end of line. if it is true > please update tail manual with +n option. i believe it is right. > > ex: ps h aux | tail +2 (this will output from second line to end of line)
The +N syntax is problematic usage. You should avoid 'tail +4' usage, since it might mean either 'tail ./+4' or 'tail -n +4'. The behavior depends upon the standards conformance setting used to build the tool. Best to avoid the issue entirely. The problem is that "+" is a valid filename character and is not an expected option character. Options are supposed to start with a "-" character. It has always been a bad idea to eat up an additional character as an additional option specifier. This is now no longer allowed by the standards. The tail command is now required to respect that "+" is not an option and treat it as a filename. Please read this frequently given answer to this question: http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#Old-tail-plus-N-syntax-now-fails Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
