on 2/4/2008 1:56 PM Scott McClanahan spake the following: > In centos 4 we used tail in the following way: > > tail +83 file > > That would tail the contents of the file starting at line 83. In centos > 5 that same command complains about the file +83 not being found. It > appears that the + option in tail doesn't work the same way in centos 5. > Is there another easy way to grab the contents of a file starting at a > certain line number and beyond. I think it would be tail -n +83 file -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 187 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080204/a96b99d6/attachment-0005.sig>