Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?

[Matthew Woehlke]

Eric Blake wrote:
> 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.

s/N/K/ ? :-)

Is "K'th" item too awkward? (Or some other letter that isn't 'N'?)

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