Closing per comments. Note that tail actually has two option parsers, one for the obsolete syntax, and another for the normal syntax. It uses the latter when the former indicates failure (such as when more than one argument is specified).
** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- tail -1 file works, tail -1 file* doesn't https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/77777 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs