URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?24935>
Summary: incorrect information regardin size suffixes in -c option Project: GNU Core Utilities Submitted by: None Submitted on: Tue 25 Nov 2008 11:46:55 PM UTC Category: None Severity: 3 - Normal Item Group: None Status: None Privacy: Public Assigned to: None Open/Closed: Open Discussion Lock: Any _______________________________________________________ Details: When describing -c option for tail command it says: `-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 1000*1000, `M' by 1024*1024, `GB' by 1000*1000*1000, `GB' by 1024*1024*1024, and so on for `T', `P', `E', `Z', and `Y'. in here 'GB' is equivalent to 1000*1000*1000 and 1024*1024*1024 which is impossible. this is in file [coreutils.git] / doc / coreutils.texi for tail documentation. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?24935> _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.gnu.org/ _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils