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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/old/textutils/NEWS b/old/textutils/NEWS index aba180306..019794f19 100644 --- a/old/textutils/NEWS +++ b/old/textutils/NEWS @@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ Changes in release 1.23 now it gets a diagnostic about 4096m being too large. * pr: For compatibility (also more POSIX compliant): Include default separator `TAB' when merging lines of full length. -* tail -N file1 file2 works like head -N file1 file2, except when - POSIXLY_CORRECT is set, in which case it gets an error. +* When POSIXLY_CORRECT is not set, tail -N now accepts more than one file + argument (but warns that it's not portable), to be consistent with the + way head -N works, When POSIXLY_CORRECT is set using two or more file + arguments with the obsolescent form (-N) evokes an error. To avoid the + warning or failure, use the POSIX -n N option or the GNU --lines=N option. Changes in release 1.22 [1.21a] |