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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2006-01-31 01:38:05 +0000
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2006-01-31 01:38:05 +0000
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(tail invocation): In the obsolete usage, the
count is optional, so put square brackets around it.
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@@ -2551,7 +2551,7 @@ Always print file name headers.
@end table
For compatibility @command{tail} also supports an obsolete usage
-@samp{tail -@var{count}[bcl][f] [@var{file}]}, which is recognized
+@samp{tail -[@var{count}][bcl][f] [@var{file}]}, which is recognized
only if it does not conflict with the usage described
above. This obsolete form uses exactly one option and at most one
file. In the option, @var{count} is an optional decimal number optionally