From 4fb9c70faf7888cf5d3a7bdf73fc1dbd7aa34c31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 23:05:00 +0000 Subject: (tail invocation): Describe obsolete usages like "tail -2" more precisely. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 8f220b192..7166352bc 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -2549,9 +2549,9 @@ Always print file name headers. @end table -For compatibility @command{tail} also supports an obsolete option -syntax @option{-@var{count}[bcl][f]}, which is recognized only if it -is specified first and does not conflict with the usage described +For compatibility @command{tail} also supports an obsolete usage +@samp{tail -@var{count}[bcl][f] [@var{file}]}, which is recognized +only if it does not conflict with the usage described above. @var{count} is an optional decimal number optionally followed by a size letter (@samp{b}, @samp{c}, @samp{l}) to mean count by 512-byte blocks, bytes, or lines, optionally followed by @samp{f} -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2