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Diffstat (limited to 'src/tail.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index 223c8f839..0a515791f 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name.\n\ emit_mandatory_arg_note (); fputs (_("\ - -c, --bytes=K output the last K bytes; or use -c +K to output\n\ - bytes starting with the Kth of each file\n\ + -c, --bytes=[+]NUM output the last NUM bytes; or use -c +NUM to\n\ + output starting with byte NUM of each file\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ -f, --follow[={name|descriptor}]\n\ @@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name.\n\ -F same as --follow=name --retry\n\ "), stdout); printf (_("\ - -n, --lines=K output the last K lines, instead of the last %d;\n\ - or use -n +K to output starting with the Kth\n\ + -n, --lines=[+]NUM output the last NUM lines, instead of the last %d;\n\ + or use -n +NUM to output starting with line NUM\n\ --max-unchanged-stats=N\n\ with --follow=name, reopen a FILE which has not\n\ changed size after N (default %d) iterations\n\ @@ -301,9 +301,7 @@ With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name.\n\ fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout); fputs (_("\ \n\ -If the first character of K (the number of bytes or lines) is a '+',\n\ -print beginning with the Kth item from the start of each file, otherwise,\n\ -print the last K items in the file. K may have a multiplier suffix:\n\ +NUM may have a multiplier suffix:\n\ b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024,\n\ GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.\n\ \n\ |