In centos 4 we used tail in the following way: tail +83 file That would tail the contents of the file starting at line 83. In centos 5 that same command complains about the file +83 not being found. It appears that the + option in tail doesn't work the same way in centos 5. Is there another easy way to grab the contents of a file starting at a certain line number and beyond.
on 2/4/2008 1:56 PM Scott McClanahan spake the following:> In centos 4 we used tail in the following way: > > tail +83 file > > That would tail the contents of the file starting at line 83. In centos > 5 that same command complains about the file +83 not being found. It > appears that the + option in tail doesn't work the same way in centos 5. > Is there another easy way to grab the contents of a file starting at a > certain line number and beyond.I think it would be tail -n +83 file -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 187 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080204/a96b99d6/attachment-0001.sig>
On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 14:09 -0800, Scott Silva wrote:> on 2/4/2008 1:56 PM Scott McClanahan spake the following: > > In centos 4 we used tail in the following way: > > > > tail +83 file > > > > That would tail the contents of the file starting at line 83. In centos > > 5 that same command complains about the file +83 not being found. It > > appears that the + option in tail doesn't work the same way in centos 5. > > Is there another easy way to grab the contents of a file starting at a > > certain line number and beyond. > I think it would be tail -n +83 fileAhh, yes. Because it can be a line count or byte count. The -n wasn't necessary in the old coreutils. Thanks alot.