ari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The thread you mention does follow a similar discussion, but i don't > believe it obviates my argument.
> I notice that the 'head' and 'tail' commands, in the latest version of > coreutils, were modified to do away with the following options: > > -<number> (head, tail) > +<number> (tail) You must know by now that they haven't been `done away with'. On systems claiming a certain degree of compliance to POSIX, they are not recognized by default. However, as already discussed, there are ways to enable the old behavior even on those systems. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils