Bruce Dubbs wrote: >I thought this POSIX behavior was reverted in the current coreutils, but >apparently not. Do we need to add a patch? > >
from the info coreutils tail page: Some older `tail' implementations also support an obsolete option `+COUNT' with the same meaning as `-+COUNT'. POSIX 1003.1-2001 (*note Standards conformance::) does not allow these options; use `-c COUNT' or `-n COUNT' instead. When I read that it tells me that this functionality used to be supported but isnt supported anymore because the new standards "do not allow these options". It seems that the sed randy posted will be needed. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
