Bug 193079 – tail +2 doesn't work like it does under FC4

Bug 193079 - tail +2 doesn't work like it does under FC4

Summary:	tail +2 doesn't work like it does under FC4

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	coreutils (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Tim Waugh
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Reported:	2006-05-24 20:09 EDT by Jason Haar
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:11 EST (History)
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Last Closed:	2006-05-25 04:56:06 EDT
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Description Jason Haar 2006-05-24 20:09:53 EDT

Description of problem:

coreutils-5.93-7.2 contains tail-5.93, and the man page states that "tail +N" 
should still be a valid command. But it doesn't work anymore (like on older
systems). "tail --lines=+2" does work - but "tail +2" doesn't

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How reproducible:

everytime

Steps to Reproduce:
1. tail +2
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Actual results:
tail: cannot open `+2' for reading: No such file or directory

Expected results:

to see all of the file except for the first two lines

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Comment 1 Hann-Huei Chiou 2006-05-24 21:39:55 EDT

Read the online version of the Release Notes
(http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc5/#id2947041).
You can have the old behavior by setting _POSIX2_VERSION=199209 in your environment

Comment 2 Tim Waugh 2006-05-25 04:56:06 EDT

Alternatively, use the current syntax: tail -n +2

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