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charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello maintainer, running tail +2 on an Ubuntu Box I get the following error: df | tail +2 tail: cannot open `+2' for reading: No such file or directory df | tail -lines +2 works OK I support HP-UX, Redhat and Ubuntu systems and unfortunately the -lines opt= ion does not work on my legacy HP-UX systems. The man page for tail says -n, --lines=3DN output the last N lines, instead of the last 10; or use +N = to output lines starting with the Nth Here is the version of coreutils which I am running: #dpkg -s coreutils Package: coreutils Essential: yes Status: install ok installed Priority: required Section: utils Installed-Size: 12988 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers Architecture: amd64 Version: 7.4-2ubuntu3 Replaces: mktemp Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>=3D 2.2.11-1), libattr1 (>=3D 2.4.41-1), libc6 (>=3D= 2.11), libselinux1 (>=3D 1.32) regards Peter ________________________________ The information contained in this message may be confidential and legally p= rotected under applicable law. The message is intended solely for the addre= ssee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified tha= t any use, forwarding, dissemination, or reproduction of this message is st= rictly prohibited and may be unlawful. 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Hello maintainer,

 

running    tail  +2  &n= bsp;on an Ubuntu Box I get the following error:

df | tail +2

tail: cannot open `+2' for reading: No such file= or directory

 

df | tail –lines +2 works OK

 

I support HP-UX, Redhat and Ubuntu systems and unfor= tunately the –lines option does not work on my legacy HP-UX systems.<= o:p>

 

The man page for tail says

       -n, --lines=3DN=

        &nbs= p;     output the last N lines, instead of the last 10;= or  use  +N  to

        &nbs= p;     output lines starting with the Nth

 

Here is the version of coreutils which I am running:=

        &nbs= p;      

#dpkg -s coreutils

Package: coreutils

Essential: yes

Status: install ok installed

Priority: required

Section: utils

Installed-Size: 12988

Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discu= ss@lists.ubuntu.com>

Architecture: amd64

Version: 7.4-2ubuntu3

Replaces: mktemp

Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>=3D 2.2.11-1), libattr1 (&= gt;=3D 2.4.41-1), libc6 (>=3D 2.11), libselinux1 (>=3D 1.32)

 

regards

  Peter


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 --_000_08037F11EBCBB845B82BBFF9B1D05CD5B7CF562EBFNLCLUEXM10con_-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Dec 29 02:41:25 2010 Received: (at 7753-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Dec 2010 07:41:25 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PXqez-0001YG-0s for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:41:25 -0500 Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.62]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PXqev-0001Y2-Vn for 7753-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:41:23 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79AA139E80F0; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:48:13 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp.cs.ucla.edu Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id d-F97az3LxK2; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:48:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (pool-71-189-109-235.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [71.189.109.235]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2177239E80DF; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:48:13 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D1AE7BC.3040907@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:48:12 -0800 From: Paul Eggert Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101208 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Kielbasiewicz, Peter" Subject: Re: bug#7753: Bug in tail command References: <08037F11EBCBB845B82BBFF9B1D05CD5B7CF562EBF@NLCLUEXM10.connect1.local> In-Reply-To: <08037F11EBCBB845B82BBFF9B1D05CD5B7CF562EBF@NLCLUEXM10.connect1.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 7753-done Cc: 7753-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) On 12/28/2010 10:56 PM, Kielbasiewicz, Peter wrote: > df | tail -lines +2 works OK > > I support HP-UX, Redhat and Ubuntu systems and unfortunately > the -lines option does not work on my legacy HP-UX systems. This should work, on all systems conforming to POSIX (which surely HP-UX does): df | tail -n +2 "tail +2" isn't portable. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Dec 29 14:53:22 2010 Received: (at 7753) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Dec 2010 19:53:22 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PY25J-0001kG-VJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:53:22 -0500 Received: from joseki.proulx.com ([216.17.153.58]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PY25I-0001k4-1i for 7753@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:53:20 -0500 Received: from hysteria.proulx.com (hysteria.proulx.com [192.168.230.119]) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B0F821363; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:00:13 -0700 (MST) Received: by hysteria.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 317F32DCD7; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:00:13 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:00:13 -0700 From: Bob Proulx To: "Kielbasiewicz, Peter" , 7753@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#7753: Bug in tail command Message-ID: <20101229200013.GA15052@hysteria.proulx.com> References: <08037F11EBCBB845B82BBFF9B1D05CD5B7CF562EBF@NLCLUEXM10.connect1.local> <4D1AE7BC.3040907@cs.ucla.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D1AE7BC.3040907@cs.ucla.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 7753 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) Paul Eggert wrote: > Kielbasiewicz, Peter wrote: > > df | tail -lines +2 works OK > > > > I support HP-UX, Redhat and Ubuntu systems and unfortunately > > the -lines option does not work on my legacy HP-UX systems. > > This should work, on all systems conforming to POSIX > (which surely HP-UX does): > > df | tail -n +2 > > "tail +2" isn't portable. Additional information is available in the FAQ: http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#Old-tail-plus-N-syntax-now-fails Bob From unknown Mon Aug 18 14:13:58 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:24:04 +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