On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 18:19:11 +0000, Anonymousemail <nore...@anonymousemail.me> wrote:
> This command gives an error: > > $ tail -5 foo bar baz > tail: option used in invalid context -- 5 > > For comparison, the equivalent head commans works exactly as expected: Even if head works, the -<number> syntax is obsolete and should be replaced by -n <number>. Try "tail -n 5" and it should work. -- D.
