bug#13300: tail - backwards compatibility (tail +$line $filename)

2012-12-28 Thread Martyn Hare
Dear Sir/Madam, I think I've found a backwards-compatibility issue with tail. I know that invoking tail without the -n argument when skipping lines (`tail +10 file.txt`) is bad syntax, but it needs to be supported for backwards-compatibility. For example, the Unreal Tournament GOTY installer

bug#13300: tail - backwards compatibility (tail +$line $filename)

2012-12-28 Thread Bob Proulx
tag -1 notabug close -1 thanks Martyn Hare wrote: I think I've found a backwards-compatibility issue with tail. I know that invoking tail without the -n argument when skipping lines (`tail +10 file.txt`) is bad syntax, but it needs to be supported for backwards-compatibility. Any chance