On Nov 28, 2007 6:47 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > 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 > > Posix doesn't like +'s as option flags these days, and gnu utilities > don't like updating their man pages. Try > tail -n +3 README > (and info tail) > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > I wasn't sitting at a Fedora box at work when I tested it. I was sitting at a BackTrac 2 box (a Slackware based security distro). That could explain the difference. Lesson for the future, wait until I'm at my Fedora box so I can test it there before posting a reply. Alex did you try it on a Fedora box? If so what version? Seeing you posted with that syntax I'm guessing it worked for you as well. Thanks, Jacques
