On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 03:56:51PM +0100, Igor Sobrado wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> The command-line syntax of head(1) and tail(1) is not fully explained
> in the man pages.  The synopsis of head(1):
> 
>    head [-n count] [file ...]
> 
> and tail:
> 
>    tail [-f | -F | -r] [-b number | -c number | -n number] [file ...]
> 
> does not explain uses of commands like "head -5 file.txt" or
> "tail -16 file2.txt".  Is this a part of the historic command-line
> syntax described in STANDARDS (tail(1)) and COMPATIBILITY (head(1))
> sections of the manual?
> 

http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/utilities/head.html

APPLICATION USAGE
	The obsolescent - number form is withdrawn in this version. Applications should use the -n number option
Issue 6
The obsolescent -number form is withdrawn.

There seems to be nothing similar in the page for tail.


> 
> Cheers!
> Igor.
> 
> -- 
> Igor Sobrado, UK34436 - sobrado@acm.org
> 

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