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| author | Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> | 2009-10-12 07:00:12 -0600 |
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| committer | Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> | 2009-10-12 07:00:12 -0600 |
| commit | f25273d7f1dd0f8aa6e839b2201e61222061efae (patch) | |
| tree | 325848bfe444f2e66f3a344a537491dfa2297935 /src | |
| parent | 26e8e602a8b5db71b0d6d3c8748fbc1c06095ce5 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-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.c | 6 |
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\ |