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authorEric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>2009-10-12 07:00:12 -0600
committerEric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>2009-10-12 07:00:12 -0600
commitf25273d7f1dd0f8aa6e839b2201e61222061efae (patch)
tree325848bfe444f2e66f3a344a537491dfa2297935 /src
parent26e8e602a8b5db71b0d6d3c8748fbc1c06095ce5 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-f25273d7f1dd0f8aa6e839b2201e61222061efae.tar.xz
tail: tweak usage for more clarity
* src/tail.c (usage): Spell out -n +K. * THANKS: Update. Reported by Jan-Pawel Wrozstinski.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/tail.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c
index f3fe6a341..b6ad2905e 100644
--- a/src/tail.c
+++ b/src/tail.c
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
- -c, --bytes=K output the last K bytes; alternatively, use +K to\n\
- output bytes starting with the Kth of each file\n\
+ -c, --bytes=K output the last K bytes; alternatively, use -c +K\n
+ to output bytes starting with the Kth of each file\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
-f, --follow[={name|descriptor}]\n\
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
"), stdout);
printf (_("\
-n, --lines=K output the last K lines, instead of the last %d;\n\
- or use +K to output lines starting with the Kth\n\
+ or use -n +K to output lines starting with the Kth\n\
--max-unchanged-stats=N\n\
with --follow=name, reopen a FILE which has not\n\
changed size after N (default %d) iterations\n\