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The docs might give the impression that one of these would work:
tail -+10 myfile
tail +10 myfile
but unfortunately that isn't the case - you have to use '--lines='
Yes. The syntax tail +N is considered obsolete and it is not valid on some systems, due to the recent POSIX specifications. You can always use this syntax by forcing the tail command to conform to an old POSIX version, for example:
Code:
env _POSIX2_VERSION=199209 tail +11 infile
should work on most systems. This defines an environment variable to force POSIX 1003.2-1992 specification. You can find this info in the coreutils manual or in the corresponding section of info coreutils.
Anyway, better to use the --lines option, as you suggested, or its short form:
Code:
tail -n +11 infile
Last edited by colucix; 11-12-2008 at 05:54 AM.
Reason: Added reference
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