On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 6:52 AM, Pádraig Brady <p...@draigbrady.com> wrote: > 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
Fine with me, except for "NUMth" or "NUM'th", which do not read well. I guess we could change s/with the Kth/with line NUM/