Bug 187479

Summary:	tail no longer support +lines option
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Adam <adam>
Component:	coreutils	Assignee:	Tim Waugh <twaugh>
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Version:	5	CC:	alan, meyering, steve.t.armstrong
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Description Adam 2006-03-31 09:19:35 UTC

Description of problem:
The tail command no longer takes the +lines option to print lines starting
relative to the beginning of the file instead of the end.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
coreutils-5.93-7.2

How reproducible:
Every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. echo -e "abc\ndef\nghi" | tail +2
  
Actual results:
tail: cannot open `+2' for reading: No such file or directory

Expected results:
def
ghi

Additional info:
This works as expected for FC4 coreutils-5.2.1-48.1

Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2006-03-31 09:23:33 UTC

Please read the info page about Standards Conformance:

  info coreutils 'Standards Conformance'

In particular, you can re-enable this '+2' behaviour by setting an environment
variable:

  For example, if you have a newer system but are running
  software that assumes an older version of POSIX and uses `sort +1' or
  `tail +10', you can work around any compatibility problems by setting
  `_POSIX2_VERSION=199209' in your environment.

Comment 2 Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams 2006-04-03 04:03:15 UTC

*** Bug 187713 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Tim Waugh 2006-11-14 10:34:57 UTC

*** Bug 215366 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***