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>Number: 30470
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: tail -40 -f ignore -40 option
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Jun 08 21:50:01 +0000 2005
>Originator: Christoph Badura
>Release: NetBSD 2.0_STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD limiting-factor 2.0_STABLE NetBSD 2.0_STABLE (GENERIC_LAPTOP) #3: Thu Apr 21 21:26:50 MEST 2005 bad@limiting-factor:/m/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC_LAPTOP i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
tail -40 -f displays only the last 20 lines before following the file even
if the file has more than 20 lines.
This used to work in e.g. 1.5.3.
>How-To-Repeat:
yes lame | sed 41q >/tmp/zorch; tail -40 -f /tmp/zorch
>Fix:
dunno.
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: tail -40 -f ignore -40 option
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Jun 08 21:50:01 +0000 2005
>Originator: Christoph Badura
>Release: NetBSD 2.0_STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD limiting-factor 2.0_STABLE NetBSD 2.0_STABLE (GENERIC_LAPTOP) #3: Thu Apr 21 21:26:50 MEST 2005 bad@limiting-factor:/m/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC_LAPTOP i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
tail -40 -f displays only the last 20 lines before following the file even
if the file has more than 20 lines.
This used to work in e.g. 1.5.3.
>How-To-Repeat:
yes lame | sed 41q >/tmp/zorch; tail -40 -f /tmp/zorch
>Fix:
dunno.
>Unformatted:
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