Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:42:55 +0000 From: Dag-Erling=?utf-8?Q? Sm=C3=B8rg?=rav <des@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 9fc14dbe4897 - main - tail: Allow repetitive or contraditory options Message-ID: <6a5488ef.20df3.1af3b42e@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by des: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=9fc14dbe4897c4541113b9ba98236fbd7eb75380 commit 9fc14dbe4897c4541113b9ba98236fbd7eb75380 Author: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2026-07-13 06:42:40 +0000 Commit: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2026-07-13 06:42:40 +0000 tail: Allow repetitive or contraditory options Unlike its GNU counterpart, our tail(1) has always errored out if given repetitive or contradictory options, even prior to Keith Bostic's 1991 reimplementation. There is no good reason to continue to do so, not even tradition, since many other commands (including head(1)) simply apply the rightmost option in cases like this. MFC after: 1 week Reviewed by: allanjude, markj Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D58192 --- usr.bin/tail/tail.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.bin/tail/tail.c b/usr.bin/tail/tail.c index a92eee3881b4..1d76cc59ad61 100644 --- a/usr.bin/tail/tail.c +++ b/usr.bin/tail/tail.c @@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) */ #define ARG(units, forward, backward) { \ int64_t num; \ - if (style) \ - usage(); \ if (expand_number(optarg, &num)) \ err(1, "illegal offset -- %s", optarg); \ if (num > INT64_MAX / units || num < INT64_MIN / units) \home | help
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