Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: coreutils
Version: coreutils 6.10-3ubuntu2 (hardy)
Self explanatory transcript follows.
shell prompt> tail +50 fname1 > fname2
tail: cannot open `+50' for reading: no such file or directory
...
shell prompt> tail --lines=+50 fname1 > fname2
[OK]
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I got this problem when changing the descktop style from human to personalized.
I solved the problem installing openoffice.org-style-andromeda i.e the default
style. This way when openoffice doesn't find the proper one it choses that
default.
So I think that the simplest system solution is to f
