NEWS [6.9.90]: head, od, split and tail accept the standard size suffixes

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+2008-02-07  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+	* NEWS [6.9.90]: Mention the added feature that head, od, split and
+	tail now accept the standard size suffixes (kB, M, MB, G, GB, and
+	so on for T, P, Y, Z, and Y) on arguments to selected options.
+
 2008-02-06  Steven Schubiger  <schubiger@gmail.com>
 
 	mkdir, split: write --verbose output to stdout, not stderr.
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@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   * ls accepts a slightly modified -Z option.
   * ls: contrary to Fedora version, does not accept --lcontext and --scontext
 
+  The following commands and options now support the standard size
+  suffixes kB, M, MB, G, GB, and so on for T, P, Y, Z, and Y:
+  head -c, head -n, od -j, od -N, od -S, split -b, split -C,
+  tail -c, tail -n.
+
   cp -p tries to preserve the GID of a file even if preserving the UID
   is not possible.