Subject: Re: Problem with tail
From: [email-masked] (Jeff)

6 Feb 1997 20:32:59 -0800
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Jon Thackray writes:
> It appears that the beta-17 version of tail differes from the unix
> version in its interpretation of a number passed to it.
> 
> eg tail +2 on unix is interpreted as tail from line 2 onwards, whereas
> in beta-17 it seems to be interpreted as tail starting after line 2.

In the version of gnu tail installed on this Linux box (GNU textutils 1.9),
tail +N will show from line N onwards, and -N will show the last N lines.

Jeff
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