Brandorr writes: > How bizarre. I always understood "tail -n" to be "tail -[actual > number]" as in "tail -5" to display the last five lines. (At least it > works that way).
Indeed. But see: http://opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xcu/tail.html The "+/-number" version is termed "obsolescent." Not that anyone's really going to remove it, though. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ tools-discuss mailing list tools-discuss@opensolaris.org
