tail -n + NUM does not return the desired output. +NUM starts from the top of the file, not from the bottom.

So for example, given the following file:

>this
>is
>an
>example
>file
>each
>word
>represents
>a
>line

and executing tail -n +3 example, I am getting

>example
>file
>each
>word
>represents
>a
>line

instead of 

I am using tail (GNU coreutils) 8.28 in latest ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Thanks in advance for looking into this :)
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