[CentOS] Re: tail command

[Alex White]

On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 14:58:27 -0800
MHR <mhullrich at gmail.com> took out a #2 pencil and scribbled:

> On Feb 4, 2008 2:31 PM, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote:
> > on 2/4/2008 2:23 PM Bill Campbell spake the following:
> >
> > > On Mon, Feb 04, 2008, Scott McClanahan wrote:
> > >
> > > The default syntax for tail for the last 20 years or so would
> > > be ``tail -83 filename''.
> > >
> > That would be for the LAST 83 lines. The poster wanted to start
> > the tail FROM line 83 to the end.
> >
> 
> The 'tail -#' syntax has been deprecated for years.  The correct
> syntax, per the man page, is 'tail -n #' for the last # lines of
> the file, default 10, and if the # begins with a '+' it means
> from the #'th line from the front of the file.
> 
> There is no mention of the 'tail -#' syntax in the man page.
> 
> mhr

It's in the info page.

info tail

HTH

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