Re: tail +N vs. tail -n N

[Greg Jednaszewski]

Hi,

Paul Eggert wrote:
> Greg Jednaszewski <address@hidden> writes:
>>tail: `+5' option is obsolete; use `-n 5' since this will be removed in 
>>the future
> 
> This message is no longer present in coreutils CVS.  Now, "tail"
> silently uses either the old meaning of +5 (as an option) or the new
> meaning (as a file name), depending on whether you're in backward
> compatibility mode.  So the issue of the incorrect diagnostic is moot.

Ah, ok.  Good.

>>Second, there does not seem to be an equivalent option for tail +N. 
> Actually there is.  You can use, for example, "tail -n +12".

Ah, this makes perfect sense. Now I see the paragraph towards the end
of the man page that describes this.  I should have RTFM.  Thanks for
the quick response.

Thanks,
Greg


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