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thomas2004ch 07-02-2013 07:14 AM
tail -n+20 server.log in Solaris?
 
Hi,

The following command I use in RedHat-Linux
Code:
tail -n+20 server.log
will get error by Solaris as follow
Code:
usage: tail [+/-[n][lbc][f]] [file]
      tail [+/-[n][l][r|f]] [file]
How can I correct it?

druuna 07-02-2013 07:24 AM
Have you tried:
Code:
tail -20 server.log

thomas2004ch 07-02-2013 07:59 AM
I use the tail +20 server.log now.

Tail -20 is different from tail +20

druuna 07-02-2013 08:09 AM
Just remembered something: Which tail executable are you using?

If I recall correctly the /usr/xpg4/bin/tail version has the same options as the linux version.

If that is the case then the following should work:
Code:
/usr/xpg4/bin/tail -n+20 server.log
And in case that doesn't work, you could use sed to produce the same result:
Code:
sed -n '5,$p' server.log


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