Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?

[Pádraig Brady]

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.

cheers,
Pádraig.