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Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 12:21:01 +0000
From: Marc Silver <marcs@draenor.org>
To: Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto <hlen@ig.com.br>
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Subject: Re: tail & head manpage detail
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On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 04:21:54PM -0200, Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Both the tail and head manpages have something like:
> 
>  -n number
>              The location is number lines.
> 
> It should be:
> 
>  -n NUM, -NUM
>              The location is NUM lines.
> 
> The information that you don't need the 'n ' is missing.

This method seems to be historical, but I've created a patch for this
and will submit it to the PR system asap...

Cheers,
Marc