Jacques B. wrote: > > No, that is the correct syntax. No -n when telling tail to start at > the "N"th line. > > tail -n 5 > will give you the last five lines > tail +5 > will start at the fifth line (according to man pages, so doesn't skip > 5 lines - I tested it earlier but didn't pay close enough attention - > not in Linux now so can't test right now) and give you the rest of the > file > > Jacques B. > Maybe it is just the version of tail in Fc6, but this is what I get: $ tail +3 README tail: cannot open `+3' for reading: No such file or directory ==> README <== Revelation depends on the following software: <--------[The rest of the file]---------> $ tail -n +3 README secure place, and gives access to them through a user-friendly graphical interface. <--------[The rest of the file]---------> The file starts with: Revelation is a password manager for the GNOME 2 desktop, released under the GNU GPL license. It stores accounts and passwords in a single, secure place, and gives access to them through a user-friendly graphical interface. and ends with: Revelation depends on the following software: - GNOME 2.10 - GTK+ 2.8 - Python 2.3 - pygtk 2.8 - gnome-python 2.10 - gnome-python-extras 2.10 - pycrypto 1.9 - cracklib Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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