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Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -101,10 +101,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- "tail -f" no longer mishandles pipes and fifos. With no operands, tail now ignores -f if standard input is a pipe, as POSIX requires. - When conforming to POSIX 1003.2-1992, tail now handles some obscure - cases more correctly, e.g., "tail +cl file" now reads the file "+cl" - rather than reporting an error, and "tail - file" no longer reads - standard input. + When conforming to POSIX 1003.2-1992, tail now supports the SUSv2 b + modifier (e.g., "tail -10b file") and it handles some obscure cases + more correctly, e.g., "tail +cl" now reads the file "+cl" rather + than reporting an error, "tail -c file" no longer reports an error, + and "tail - file" no longer reads standard input. tee now exits when it gets a SIGPIPE signal, as POSIX requires. To get tee's old behavior, use the shell command "(trap '' PIPE; tee)". |