Bug 203535

Summary: tail: cannot open `+n' for reading: No such file or directory
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Ehringer Eike <ehringer.eike>
Component: coreutilsAssignee: Tim Waugh <twaugh>
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Description Ehringer Eike 2006-08-22 11:40:22 UTC 
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Description of problem:
When doing:
# tail +n 2 su.log
tail: cannot open `+n' for reading: No such file or directory
tail: cannot open `2' for reading: No such file or directory



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
coreutils-5.96-1.2.x86_64.rpm

How reproducible:
Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. tail +n Number File
tail: cannot open `+n' for reading: No such file or directory
tail: cannot open `Number' for reading: No such file or directory

Actual Results:
nothing

Expected Results:
Refere to manual pages of tail:
# man tail
If the first character of N (the number of bytes or lines) is a +, print beginning  with  the  Nth  item from  the start of each file, otherwise, print the last N items in the file.

Additional info:
The tail command is not doing the expected result, which is described in the manual pages. Also on FC4 with e.g. coreutils-5.2.1-48.1.x86_64.rpm
-> tail +n is working.
Also on every HP-UX, AIX, SUN Solaris, RedHat Advanced Server, Enterprise systems the tail is working with +N.

-> So youre administrative management tools / and scripts does not work anymore!
Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2006-08-22 13:16:53 UTC 
> tail +n 2 su.log

I think you meant:

  tail -n +2 su.log
Comment 2 Tim Waugh 2006-08-22 13:18:08 UTC 
*** Bug 203537 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Ehringer Eike 2006-08-23 05:48:52 UTC 
Good morning,
i mean of course: # tail +2 su.log

e.g.:
# uname -a
HP-UX rbgs420x B.11.11 U 9000/800 1798937691 unlimited-user license

rooteieh:root @ IgniteSrv on rbgs420x  from RBG0J26C.ww011.siemens.net: 1812 
[ /tmp ]
# tail +2 vginfo.txt


e.g.
# tail +2 su.log
tail: cannot open `+2' for reading: No such file or directory
Comment 4 Tim Waugh 2006-08-23 08:35:59 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 173431 ***
Comment 5 Ehringer Eike 2006-08-24 09:38:13 UTC 
which is now the dublicate bug an what the real?
could you please mark one as GOOD - WORKING ONE?

thanks!