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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 6 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2006-12-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> + + * src/tail.c (usage): Mention +N for --bytes and --lines. + Suggestion from Evan Hunt. + 2006-12-26 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> * configure.ac: Require autoconf-2.61 and automake-1.10. 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\ |