Hello Man pages for the tail command shows the ability to use the +N option. Yet, attempting it on Ubuntu 9.10 results in an error. Is this a bug?
>From man pages: -n, --lines=N output the last N lines, instead of the last 10; or use +N to output lines starting with the Nth Attempting the command: nachs...@nachshon-ubuntu-vm:~/temp$ tail +5 /etc/passwd tail: cannot open `+5' for reading: No such file or directory ==> /etc/passwd <== avahi-autoipd:x:104:110:Avahi autoip daemon,,,:/var/lib/avahi-autoipd:/bin/false avahi:x:105:111:Avahi mDNS daemon,,,:/var/run/avahi-daemon:/bin/false couchdb:x:106:113:CouchDB Administrator,,,:/var/lib/couchdb:/bin/bash haldaemon:x:107:114:Hardware abstraction layer,,,:/var/run/hald:/bin/false speech-dispatcher:x:108:29:Speech Dispatcher,,,:/var/run/speech-dispatcher:/bin/sh kernoops:x:109:65534:Kernel Oops Tracking Daemon,,,:/:/bin/false saned:x:110:116::/home/saned:/bin/false pulse:x:111:117:PulseAudio daemon,,,:/var/run/pulse:/bin/false gdm:x:112:119:Gnome Display Manager:/var/lib/gdm:/bin/false nachshon:x:1000:1000:Nachshon,,,:/home/nachshon:/bin/bash