On 29/11/15 23:35, Bernhard Voelker wrote: > On 11/29/2015 12:16 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote: >> I remember having slight reservations about K too. >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-05/msg00279.html >> Nothing much better comes to mind. > > Thanks. > In that discussion, also longer alternatives like COUNT or CNT were > mentioned. If we decide to go that way, I'd favor NUM among those > suggestions, as it may also be used as is in translations. > > While at it, I'm wondering if it would make sense to emphasize > the optional plus ('+') for tail in the first column, similar as > for the minus ('-') for head (although only for 'man head', but > not in the Texi documentation): > > $ src/head --help | grep -A2 -- '^[ ]*-[cn]' > -c, --bytes=[-]K print the first K bytes of each file; > with the leading '-', print all but the last > K bytes of each file > -n, --lines=[-]K print the first K lines instead of the first 10; > with the leading '-', print all but the last > K lines of each file > > $ src/tail --help | grep -A1 -- '^[ ]*-[cn]' > -c, --bytes=K output the last K bytes; or use -c +K to output > bytes starting with the Kth of each file > -- > -n, --lines=K output the last K lines, instead of the last 10; > or use -n +K to output starting with the Kth > > Is there some GNU standard for this? I couldn't find much.
+1 for [+]NUM cheers, Pádraig
