Mark McKenzie wrote:
> Using tail from
> Version: 5.97
> of GNU coreutils
> tail +NUM
> no longer works
> tail -n +NUM
> does work
Your observations are accurate. If you wish to conform to the
previous standard then set _POSIX2_VERSION=199209 in your environment.
Try this:
env _POSIX2_VERSION
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
According to Mark McKenzie on 11/17/2006 9:11 AM:
> Using tail from
>
> Arch : i386
> Version: 5.97
Try upgrading; the latest stable version of coreutils is 6.4.
>
> tail +NUM
>
> no longer works
>
> tail -n +NUM
>
> does work
Read the NEWS f
Using tail from
Arch : i386
Version: 5.97
of GNU coreutils
tail +NUM
no longer works
tail -n +NUM
does work
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Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dan Jacobson jidanni.org> writes:
>> $ sort -c timez1
>> sort: timez1:418: disorder: 1162082133
>> is great at finding the first one, but to find the other two one has
>> to use ones brains. No fair.
>
> Isn't that already a contradiction to POSIX?
Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dan Jacobson jidanni.org> writes:
>>
>> $ sort -c timez1
>> sort: timez1:418: disorder: 1162082133
>> is great at finding the first one, but to find the other two one has
>> to use ones brains. No fair.
>
> Isn't that already a contradiction to POSI
Dan Jacobson jidanni.org> writes:
>
> $ sort -c timez1
> sort: timez1:418: disorder: 1162082133
> is great at finding the first one, but to find the other two one has
> to use ones brains. No fair.
Isn't that already a contradiction to POSIX? SUSv3 states that there should
not be any output
