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Diffstat (limited to 'src/tail.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index e474560de..41e51121a 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -243,13 +243,17 @@ Print the last %d lines of each FILE to standard output.\n\ With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name.\n\ With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\ \n\ +"), DEFAULT_N_LINES); + fputs (_("\ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ +"), stdout); + fputs (_("\ --retry keep trying to open a file even if it is\n\ inaccessible when tail starts or if it becomes\n\ inaccessible later -- useful only with -f\n\ -"), DEFAULT_N_LINES); - fputs (_("\ -c, --bytes=N output the last N bytes\n\ +"), stdout); + fputs (_("\ -f, --follow[={name|descriptor}]\n\ output appended data as the file grows;\n\ -f, --follow, and --follow=descriptor are\n\ @@ -272,14 +276,14 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ -q, --quiet, --silent never output headers giving file names\n\ -s, --sleep-interval=S with -f, each iteration lasts approximately S\n\ (default 1) seconds\n\ + -v, --verbose always output headers giving file names\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ - -v, --verbose always output headers giving file names\n\ --help display this help and exit\n\ --version output version information and exit\n\ -\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ +\n\ If the first character of N (the number of bytes or lines) is a `+',\n\ print beginning with the Nth item from the start of each file, otherwise,\n\ print the last N items in the file. N may have a multiplier suffix:\n\ |