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Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: tail +n does not work under Linux? |
Date: |
Fri, 29 May 2009 17:30:30 +0200 |
Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Eric Blake wrote:
>> According to Eric Blake on 5/20/2009 8:20 AM:
>>>> CNT doesn't read too well :)
>>>> How about COUNT or NUM?
>>> COUNT runs into length problems - adding 4 characters per instance builds up
>>> fast. I'll try with NUM instead. As it is, I already had to rephrase
>>> things
>>> since "nth" is a word, but "count'th" and "num'th" are not.
>>
>> According to Matthew Woehlke on 5/20/2009 10:22 AM:
>>> s/N/K/ ? :-)
>>
>>> Is "K'th" item too awkward? (Or some other letter that isn't 'N'?)
>>
>> I like the idea of Kth. How about this version of the patch?
>
> That's an improvement. I've a slight reservation in that
> K is a valid suffix, but I think this is fine.
I like it, too. Thanks!
Initially I considered using K, but discarded it for precisely that reason.
Now that I see the result, I don't mind at all.
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, (continued)
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Christophe LYON, 2009/05/11
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Bob Proulx, 2009/05/11
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Christophe LYON, 2009/05/12
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Eric Blake, 2009/05/20
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Jim Meyering, 2009/05/20
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Pádraig Brady, 2009/05/20
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Eric Blake, 2009/05/20
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Matthew Woehlke, 2009/05/20
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Eric Blake, 2009/05/29
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Pádraig Brady, 2009/05/29
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?,
Jim Meyering <=
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Eric Blake, 2009/05/29
- Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Christophe LYON, 2009/05/20
Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2009/05/08