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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. $ tail --version tail (GNU coreutils) 9.1 Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Ian Lance Taylor, and Jim Meyering. [0] slack15-a!chris:(pts/1):Tue 20 Dec 2022 11:44 am GMT:/home/chris $ echo tessdfdsdsfdsfdsfdsfsdft | tail -c +13 sfdsfdsfsdft [0] slack15-a!chris:(pts/1):Tue 20 Dec 2022 11:45 am GMT:/home/chris $ echo tessdfdsdsfdsfdsfdsfsdft | tail -c 13 sfdsfdsfsdft [0] slack15-a!chris:(pts/1):Tue 20 Dec 2022 11:48 am GMT:/home/chris $ tail -c +13 <<<'tessdfdsdsfdsfdsfdsfsdft' sfdsfdsfsdft [0] slack15-a!chris:(pts/1):Tue 20 Dec 2022 11:50 am GMT:/home/chris $ tail -c13 <<<'tessdfdsdsfdsfdsfdsfsdft' sfdsfdsfsdft [0] slack15-a!chris:(pts/1):Tue 20 Dec 2022 11:55 am GMT:/home/chris $ tail -c13 <<<'tessdfdsdsfdsfdsfdsfsdft' | hexdump -c 0000000 s f d s f d s f s d f t \n 000000d -- Chris Elvidge From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Dec 20 07:43:05 2022 Received: (at 60215) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Dec 2022 12:43:05 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44689 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p7bxZ-0007yD-9B for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Dec 2022 07:43:05 -0500 Received: from mail-wr1-f54.google.com ([209.85.221.54]:45934) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p7bxW-0007xq-Tu for 60215@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Dec 2022 07:43:04 -0500 Received: by mail-wr1-f54.google.com with SMTP id h16so11566848wrz.12 for <60215@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 20 Dec 2022 04:43:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=maven.pl; s=maven; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:from:references:to :content-language:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=aJc+TSpn0uyIaEVevqFmHImJtyk241pnbYnQ/Zo9KO4=; b=FnXcqrhclCzDr+LD7BilEBXvffU1UqhBAgvXoKlMkpQbjpYeQjKVIEZhNHoxk7qhSS TaMRBFSmRkj+bfbFZeMsPlHoHOF7itiRdkjtuR+L5/7xwNHaVBlc/+dKRh6kUP4r/1L5 7y9A3FbH0DtiUDRS4jxguDuMzqvRjJeAoPrjk= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:from:references:to :content-language:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=aJc+TSpn0uyIaEVevqFmHImJtyk241pnbYnQ/Zo9KO4=; b=BehmaeDer2tU2x1xXk+0noOH6iJyWe823bqDbspfjdVpSUUGZvO95SiSqeAUJLKj5E PqxJZlWRbvNQ5Y8K52o8RVNccYGdYxYN4tZ1GfygytRa80ePa5JiG9Vrdz3gdgi0Q9jr bIMVaXMiYhkkZImJl6UpzIP0f5XlYVAXvtWQYHhdERDsrgiNH96KUATDe+OAzCEDweem W1JuMYNo4Li9PXMCFX3Ou6pyyrA1f/xDxWda7lEpIWAVNENpBHawGRE99pjb/BW+sEm9 uF5xoKRdrti35pY+orJ/QFiBSen6/UJGf/T9eUss0l8Ka9+LOGhOBodpIsff9/g4/L7l jtjQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AFqh2koaUCd/Ve8i5K90AkzO7YpC/4wf+tKJld8dhNNxEpA2hyVUKR09 Ps9MddcXqd14bNoXMrkq5pAxSg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMrXdXsXaRHHQUa3No+cewuriArTlKpJa+vlAHr9ePl7JLkUIRnts3h6E+W4OJDDaq5dge0KW1takA== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:4105:0:b0:242:784:5cf with SMTP id l5-20020a5d4105000000b00242078405cfmr1412424wrp.17.1671540175736; Tue, 20 Dec 2022 04:42:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.68.63] (user-5-173-25-132.play-internet.pl. [5.173.25.132]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id u1-20020a5d6ac1000000b00241cfe6e286sm12608545wrw.98.2022.12.20.04.42.54 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 20 Dec 2022 04:42:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 13:42:52 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.6.0 Subject: Re: bug#60215: tail -c +XX on newer coreutils wants FILE Content-Language: pl To: Chris Elvidge , 60215@debbugs.gnu.org References: <3da1e880-f02e-b968-a252-56b728d623fe@maven.pl> From: =?UTF-8?Q?Arkadiusz_Mi=c5=9bkiewicz?= In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 60215 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) On 20.12.2022 13:07, Chris Elvidge wrote: > > Works OK here. -c [+]13 includes the trailing newline (see hexdump below) Version here is built via ./configure DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION=199209 and that changes behaviour. Dropping it makes things work as expected. 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[95.44.90.175]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id g8-20020a05600c310800b003d35c845cbbsm5613357wmo.21.2022.12.20.05.04.57 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 20 Dec 2022 05:04:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 13:04:57 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.0 Subject: Re: bug#60215: tail -c +XX on newer coreutils wants FILE Content-Language: en-US To: =?UTF-8?Q?Arkadiusz_Mi=c5=9bkiewicz?= , 60215@debbugs.gnu.org References: <3da1e880-f02e-b968-a252-56b728d623fe@maven.pl> From: =?UTF-8?Q?P=c3=a1draig_Brady?= In-Reply-To: <3da1e880-f02e-b968-a252-56b728d623fe@maven.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: 0.2 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 60215 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.8 (/) tag 60215 notabug close 60215 stop On 20/12/2022 09:30, Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote: > > # echo tessdfdsdsfdsfdsfdsfsdft | tail -c +13 > sfdsfdsfsdft > # tail --version > tail (GNU coreutils) 8.32 > Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later > . > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > > Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Ian Lance Taylor, > and Jim Meyering. > > > while on newer version: > > $ echo tessdfdsdsfdsfdsfdsfsdft | tail -c +13 > tail: cannot open '+13' for reading: No such file or directory > $ tail --version > tail (GNU coreutils) 9.1 > Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later > . > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > > Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Ian Lance Taylor, > and Jim Meyering. > > > Looking at NEWS but don't see any behaviour change info, so I guess it's > a bug. I suspect you have _POSIX2_VERSION set somehow, either in the environment or at build time. The following should be instructive: $ echo tessdfdsdsfdsfdsfdsfsdft | _POSIX2_VERSION=199209 tail -c +13 tail: cannot open '+13' for reading: No such file or directory $ echo tessdfdsdsfdsfdsfdsfsdft | _POSIX2_VERSION=200112 tail -c +13 sfdsfdsfsdft $ echo tessdfdsdsfdsfdsfdsfsdft | _POSIX2_VERSION=199209 tail -c+13 sfdsfdsfsdft There are some details about this at: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/Standards-conformance.html thanks, Pádraig From unknown Wed Jun 18 23:04:30 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 12:24:06 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator