Jeff Kinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I may have found a bug in tail. ... > [EMAIL PROTECTED] src]# ./tail -4 -f /etc/passwd > ./tail: invalid option -- 4 > Try `./tail --help' for more information.
It's not a bug. `-4' uses what we call the obsolescent (aka, old but portable) option syntax. Here are two ways to do what you want: tail -4f FILE tail -n 4 -f FILE _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
