On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Dave Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gustavo Seabra wrote on 29 October 2008 14:33: > >> I just noticed this one thing when using 'tail' in cygwin. For some >> reason, when using a '*' so as to 'tail' multiple files at once, the >> '-n' option to tail doesn't work anymore. > >> $ tail -2 *.dat >> tail: option used in invalid context -- 2 > > The "-NNN" form is an abbreviation for "-n NNN". If you write it out in > full, it works: > > $ tail -n 2 *.dat >
OK, I see that now. Thanks. But is there a reason why the abbreviation is not working in cygwin? It works just fine in a different system... Thanks, Gustavo. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
