Problem with tail
Jon Thackray
jont@harlequin.co.uk
Fri Feb 7 02:59:00 GMT 1997
jepler@inetnebr.com writes:
> Jon Thackray writes:
> > It appears that the beta-17 version of tail differes from the unix
> > version in its interpretation of a number passed to it.
> >
> > eg tail +2 on unix is interpreted as tail from line 2 onwards, whereas
> > in beta-17 it seems to be interpreted as tail starting after line 2.
>
> In the version of gnu tail installed on this Linux box (GNU textutils 1.9),
> tail +N will show from line N onwards, and -N will show the last N lines.
Yes, that's the expected unix behaviour. However, under Win32, it's
one line out. Also, under Win32, it sometimes erroneously truncates
the file. I have had to abandon using tail.
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