bugGNU Core Utilities - Bugs: bug #24934, confusing description of -c option

 
 

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bug #24934: confusing description of -c option

Submitted by:  None
Submitted on:  Tue 25 Nov 2008 11:38:19 PM UTC  
 
Category: NoneSeverity: 2 - Minor
Item Group: NoneStatus: Fixed
Privacy: PublicAssigned to: Pádraig Brady <pixelbeat>
Open/Closed: Closed

Tue 25 Nov 2008 11:38:19 PM UTC, original submission:

-c option's info documentation states:
`-c BYTES'
`--bytes=BYTES'
Output the last BYTES bytes, instead of final lines. However, if
N starts with a `+', start printing with the Nth byte from the
start of each file, instead of from the end. Appending `b'
multiplies BYTES by 512, `kB' by 1000, `K' by 1024, `MB' by
10001000, `M' by 10241024, `GB' by 100010001000, `GB' by
102410241024, and so on for `T', `P', `E', `Z', and `Y'.
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it is not clear in here what "N" stands for?
Maybe the author wanted to write "BYTES" instead of "N"?

this is in file [coreutils.git] / doc / coreutils.texi

Anonymous

 

Attached Files
file #16923:  tail-c.info.diff added by pixelbeat (679B - text/x-patch - s/BYTES/N/)

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Wed 26 Nov 2008 02:34:27 PM UTCpixelbeatStatusIn Progress=>Fixed
      Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed
    Wed 26 Nov 2008 09:49:50 AM UTCpixelbeatAttached File-=>Added tail-c.info.diff, #16923
      Severity3 - Normal=>2 - Minor
      StatusNone=>In Progress
      Assigned toNone=>pixelbeat

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