>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Davidsen)
>> > I'm sure there's some limit to characters, but I haven't hit it yet.
>>
>> 64k is the limiting factor when you specify "lines" - the default.
>>
>> as blocks are easier to type I use blocks when I whant to go back further and
>> if I do this on Linux, it does not work!
>I see this:
> newssvr15:root> tail -70000 /var/log/debug | wc
> 70000 1255826 12390095
> newssvr15:root> uname -a; uptime
> Linux newssvr15.news.prodigy.com 2.4.5-ac5 #4 SMP Wed Jun 6 12:37:23 EDT 2001 i686
>unknown
> 1:28pm up 11 days, 22:18, 5 users, load average: 0.99, 1.10, 1.26
> newssvr15:root>
So you are not running UNIX tail ....
>I can't seem to find this behaviour on any Slackware, SuSE or Redhat
>system even on systems last modified in 1968. This looks as if it works
There was not UNIX in 1968.
>fine. You're not running obsolete software are you? Or your own custom
>version of 'tail'?
You are using a own custom version of tail, I use the UNIX tail command.
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