From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) 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!
> tail +n 2 su.log I think you meant: tail -n +2 su.log
*** Bug 203537 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 173431 ***
which is now the dublicate bug an what the real? could you please mark one as GOOD - WORKING ONE? thanks!