[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Jarc) writes: > "tail -n +3" is the one that's different.
Yes, and for symmetry I suppose "head -n +3" could be different too. However, I'd prefer it if someone would clear this with the POSIX committee first. The POSIX spec <http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/head.html> says that -n's option-argument must be a "positive decimal integer", and one could argue that "+3" is a positive decimal integer and that "head -n +3" must therefore behave like "head -n 3" does. (This is what GNU "head" currently does.) So, basically, the question you'd have to ask is, "Must a conforming implementation treat 'head -n +3' the same way that it treats 'head -n 3'?". But you'd have to give more justification for the question, compare "head" to "tail", etc. You can ask such questions formally here: http://www.opengroup.org/austin/defectform.html and you can see recent examples of such questions here, which you can use for models: http://www.opengroup.org/austin/mailarchives/ag-review/ If you'd like to draft the question I can help by proofreading it before you submit it. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
