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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-12-27 16:00:15 +0100 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-12-27 16:00:15 +0100 |
| commit | 2eea35fcf2807d9c9ac10d4d9e1a22aaf886b09d (patch) | |
| tree | 2de98eb5062c8869f31f6b8731c730feb74aba82 /src | |
| parent | f20cd37e51dc566503ff304510be2928b65c2c07 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-2eea35fcf2807d9c9ac10d4d9e1a22aaf886b09d.tar.xz | |
* src/tail.c (usage): Mention +N for --bytes and --lines.
Suggestion from Evan Hunt.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index d17f40a9a..2582b9d69 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ inaccessible when tail starts or if it becomes\n\ inaccessible later; useful when following by name,\n\ i.e., with --follow=name\n\ - -c, --bytes=N output the last N bytes\n\ + -c, --bytes=N output the last N bytes; alternatively, use +N to\n\ + output bytes starting with the Nth of each file\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ -f, --follow[={name|descriptor}]\n\ @@ -241,7 +242,8 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ -F same as --follow=name --retry\n\ "), stdout); printf (_("\ - -n, --lines=N output the last N lines, instead of the last %d\n\ + -n, --lines=N output the last N lines, instead of the last %d;\n\ + or use +N to output lines starting with the Nth\n\ --max-unchanged-stats=N\n\ with --follow=name, reopen a FILE which has not\n\ changed size after N (default %d) iterations\n\ |