> The "tail +4" commands does not work as advertised. When given such command
> (advertised in man command), it complains it can't open the file. With the
> command "tail +5 -", it produces the desired output with some junk on
> standard output.
As per the tail manpage:
-n, --lines=N
output the last N lines, instead of the last 10; or use
+N to output lines starting with the Nth
Note that the +N notation is specific to --lines=, not the '-n'
shorthand. The proper syntax for this example:
> $ ps -a | tail +5 -
Should be 'ps -a | tail --lines=+5 -' assuming you want the output
only starting from the fifth line.
Chris
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