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bug#42711: Tail does not recognize line number spec for multiple files
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From: |
Davide Brini |
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Subject: |
bug#42711: Tail does not recognize line number spec for multiple files |
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Date: |
Tue, 4 Aug 2020 21:14:24 +0200 |
On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 18:19:11 +0000, Anonymousemail
<noreply@anonymousemail.me> wrote:
> This command gives an error:
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> $ tail -5 foo bar baz
> tail: option used in invalid context -- 5
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> For comparison, the equivalent head commans works exactly as expected:
Even if head works, the -<number> syntax is obsolete and should be replaced
by -n <number>.
Try "tail -n 5" and it should work.
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D.