RE: Problems with 'tail -n *'

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>]

Gustavo Seabra wrote on 29 October 2008 14:33:

> I just noticed this one thing when using 'tail' in cygwin. For some
> reason, when using a '*' so as to 'tail' multiple files at once, the
> '-n' option to tail doesn't work anymore. 

> $ tail -2 *.dat
> tail: option used in invalid context -- 2

  The "-NNN" form is an abbreviation for "-n NNN".  If you write it out in
full, it works:

$ tail -n 2 *.dat


    cheers,
      DaveK
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