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Re: [PATCH] tail -n not supported in all OSs

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YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Date
Oct 16, 2007, 17:16 UTC
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<20071017.021606.45991429.yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
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In article <1192553837-18302-1-git-send-email-jari.aalto@cante.net> (at Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:57:14 +0300), Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> says:
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> 
> SunOS/Solaris tail(1) does not support option '-n'. The
> following patches change occurrances of:
> 
>    tail -n <N>
> 
> to
> 
>    tail <N>
You should say "tail -<N>".
--yoshfuji
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Message 7 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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