Eric Blake wrote: > > What do you think about the attached patch to the --help output (and thus > man page)?
Yes there are too many "N"s. > - -n, --lines=N output the last N lines, instead of the last > %d;\n\ > - or use +N to output lines starting with the Nth\n\ > + -n, --lines=CNT output the last CNT lines, instead of the last > %d;\n\ > + or use +CNT to skip the first CNT-1 lines\n\ > --max-unchanged-stats=N\n\ CNT doesn't read too well :) How about COUNT or NUM? What about the texi docs? Would one change head -n docs also for consistency? What about the other instances of N in tail --help? cheers, Pádraig. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
