From d4b2b56f61316396e2205627a20c63fd947f3e66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 13:58:13 +0000 Subject: (head invocation): Document --bytes=-N and --lines=-N. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 98401f878..8a8fdc4c6 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -2078,19 +2078,23 @@ The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}. @table @samp -@item -c @var{bytes} -@itemx --bytes=@var{bytes} +@item -c @var{n} +@itemx --bytes=@var{n} @opindex -c @opindex --bytes -Print the first @var{bytes} bytes, instead of initial lines. Appending -@samp{b} multiplies @var{bytes} by 512, @samp{k} by 1024, and @samp{m} +Print the first @var{n} bytes, instead of initial lines. Appending +@samp{b} multiplies @var{n} by 512, @samp{k} by 1024, and @samp{m} by 1048576. +However, if @var{n} starts with a @samp{-}, +print all but the last @var{n} bytes of each file. @itemx -n @var{n} @itemx --lines=@var{n} @opindex -n @opindex --lines Output the first @var{n} lines. +However, if @var{n} starts with a @samp{-}, +print all but the last @var{n} lines of each file. @item -q @itemx --quiet -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf