26 Aug
2014
26 Aug
'14
17:36
Bernhard Voelker wrote:
On 08/25/2014 09:18 PM, Dirk Gently wrote:
Bernhard Voelker wrote:
It's hard enough to kill obsolete uses like e.g. "tail -5" (correctly nowadays: "tail -n 5") which took almost a decade, so changing all
The syntax tail -5 was never removed.
Agreed, not removed, but it is a deprecated, obsolete syntax.
I don't know of anybody who doesn't continue to use it.
It is highly recommended to change it to the newer form.
tail -n 5 is overly pedantic. tail -number file is the simplest (and probably original use) of the command. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org