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tail(1) --no-free-bonus- "clarity separator lines"


From: jidanni
Subject: tail(1) --no-free-bonus- "clarity separator lines"
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:56:13 +0800

Gentlemen, your assignment: tell me how many blank lines are at the
end of each file:
$ tail -n 3 sd?
==> sd1 <==
------------=_1201017022-21167-0



==> sd2 <==

------------=_1201077677-7431-0--


==> sd3 <==

------------=_1201017022-21167-0

$ tail -n 3 sd{3,2,1} #let's try again, shall we?
==> sd3 <==

------------=_1201017022-21167-0


==> sd2 <==

------------=_1201077677-7431-0--


==> sd1 <==
------------=_1201017022-21167-0


$ seq 3 > t #OK I am getting dizzy. Never mind, let's try something different:
$ tail t t t
==> t <==
1
2
3

==> t <==
1
2
3

==> t <==
1
2
3
$ tail --version
tail (GNU coreutils) 5.97 ...

Anyway, ha ha ha! Checkmate: there's no option to turn off tail's
"free bonus gift" of extra "clarity separator lines" at the end of all
files but the last.

Ask yourselves, would more(1) pull such cr*p?
$ more t t t|cat
::::::::::::::
t
::::::::::::::
1
2
3
::::::::::::::
t
::::::::::::::
1
2
3
::::::::::::::
t
::::::::::::::
1
2
3
$
So we see your work is cut out for you.




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