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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2005-09-30 04:50:48 +0000
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2005-09-30 04:50:48 +0000
commita93720f8ac342a57cf3221629ba7dc5ef157f2db (patch)
treed61fde82c28005bcca2058435eb5a6199e22c731 /NEWS
parent89e6ed115f8c5e93477d6f72176b4cd3327c9ec6 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-a93720f8ac342a57cf3221629ba7dc5ef157f2db.tar.xz
Clarify "tail - f" example.
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@@ -38,11 +38,14 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
POSIX 1003.2-1992 POSIX 1003.1-2001
sort +4 sort -k 5 sort ./+4
tail +4 tail -n +4 tail ./+4
- tail - main.c tail main.c tail -- - main.c
+ tail - f tail f [see (*) below]
tail -c 4 tail -c 10 ./4 tail -c4
touch 12312359 f touch -t 12312359 f touch ./12312359 f
uniq +4 uniq -s 4 uniq ./+4
+ (*) "tail - f" does not conform to POSIX 1003.1-2001; to read
+ standard input and then "f", use the command "tail -- - f".
+
These changes are in response to decisions taken in the January 2005
Austin Group standardization meeting. For more details, please see
"Utility Syntax Guidelines" in the Minutes of the January 2005