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[PATCH] tail -n not supported in all OSs

From
Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Date
Oct 16, 2007, 16:57 UTC
Message-ID
<1192553837-18302-1-git-send-email-jari.aalto@cante.net>

SunOS/Solaris tail(1) does not support option '-n'. The following patches change occurrances of:

   tail -n <N>
to
   tail <N>

--------------------------------------------------------------------- REFERENCES:

User Commands                                             TAIL(1)
                        
NAME
     tail - output the last part of files
SYNOPSIS
     tail [OPTION]... [FILE]...
- - -

$ uname -a SunOS host 5.9 Generic_118558-35 sun4u sparc SUNW,Serverblade1

$ echo | tail -n 1
usage: tail [+/-[n][lbc][f]] [file]
       tail [+/-[n][l][r|f]] [file]                     
Next: Jari Aalto
Message 1 of 10 in “tail -n not supported in all OSs”
  1. tail -n not supported in all OSsJari Aalto, Oct 16, 2007
  2. git-am.sh: Remove option -n from tailJari Aalto, Oct 16, 2007
  3. git-commit.sh: Remove option -n from tailJari Aalto, Oct 16, 2007
  4. git-rebase--interactive.sh: Remove option -n from tailJari Aalto, Oct 16, 2007
  5. Johannes SchindelinOct 16, 2007
  6. David BrownOct 16, 2007
  7. YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明Oct 16, 2007
  8. Johannes SchindelinOct 16, 2007
  9. Florian WeimerOct 16, 2007
  10. Theodore TsoOct 16, 2007

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