When using tail with the -c option it would be handy to be able to
specify not just bytes but K, M, and G bytes
Example:
tail -c 5K should output the last 5K bytes.
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Marc Perkel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When using tail with the -c option it would be handy to be able to
specify not just bytes but K, M, and G bytes
Example:
tail -c 5K should output the last 5K bytes.
Good idea.
tail and a few other programs were made to work that way in May.
The stable
Bert Wesarg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Feb 7, 2008 10:41 PM, Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jim Meyering jim at meyering.net writes:
Good idea.
tail and a few other programs were made to work that way in May.
http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=2539b53
It
Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jim Meyering jim at meyering.net writes:
Good idea.
tail and a few other programs were made to work that way in May.
http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=2539b53
However, this was never mentioned in NEWS. Is it worth adding
Jim Meyering jim at meyering.net writes:
Good idea.
tail and a few other programs were made to work that way in May.
http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=2539b53
However, this was never mentioned in NEWS. Is it worth adding (retroactively)?
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Eric Blake
On Feb 7, 2008 10:41 PM, Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jim Meyering jim at meyering.net writes:
Good idea.
tail and a few other programs were made to work that way in May.
http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=2539b53
It looks like there was a typo in this
