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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1997-07-13 22:49:39 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1997-07-13 22:49:39 +0000 |
| commit | a33a897f29c478accd2e19f8e5db2e7a2dfc7a2c (patch) | |
| tree | 097a507be0b132735cd92870dd8cb0702b696ce8 /old/textutils/NEWS | |
| parent | f43d9ab8a65907472c9c5cb4bcabc2074931d759 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-a33a897f29c478accd2e19f8e5db2e7a2dfc7a2c.tar.xz | |
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diff --git a/old/textutils/NEWS b/old/textutils/NEWS index aba180306..019794f19 100644 --- a/old/textutils/NEWS +++ b/old/textutils/NEWS @@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ Changes in release 1.23 now it gets a diagnostic about 4096m being too large. * pr: For compatibility (also more POSIX compliant): Include default separator `TAB' when merging lines of full length. -* tail -N file1 file2 works like head -N file1 file2, except when - POSIXLY_CORRECT is set, in which case it gets an error. +* When POSIXLY_CORRECT is not set, tail -N now accepts more than one file + argument (but warns that it's not portable), to be consistent with the + way head -N works, When POSIXLY_CORRECT is set using two or more file + arguments with the obsolescent form (-N) evokes an error. To avoid the + warning or failure, use the POSIX -n N option or the GNU --lines=N option. Changes in release 1.22 [1.21a] |