Luca Berra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 11:19:55PM +0200, Pixel wrote: > >Abel Cheung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# head -2 temp1.txt > >> head: `-2' option is obsolete; use `-n 2' > >> Try `head --help' for more information. > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# > > > >this is crazy. I just had a look at redhat's package and they have > >patched it for backward compatibility. I include this patch *now*! > while you are at it, what about sort +POS?
the patch allows backward compatibility for quite a few commands, including sort: % echo $(bzcat coreutils-5.0-allow_old_options.patch.bz2 | perl -lne 'print $1 if m|--- .*/src/(\w+)|') date expand fold head nice od pr sort split tail touch unexpand uniq
