Package: coreutils
Version: 5.2.1-2
Severity: minor
File: /usr/bin/tail
Tail implements the '--' option. The option is not mentioned
in either the man page or "info coreutils tail".
Examples (both cases are the correct and expected behaviour):
$ tail -n 2 -- foo | wc
2 2 40
$
$ tail -- -n 2 foo
tail: cannot open `-n' for reading: No such file or directory
tail: cannot open `2' for reading: No such file or directory
==> foo <==
0.26508399999999999
0.26508399999999999
0.26508399999999999
0.26508399999999999
0.26508399999999999
0.26488400000000001
0.26488400000000001
0.26488400000000001
0.26488400000000001
0.26488400000000001
$
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages coreutils depends on:
ii libacl1 2.2.23-1 Access control list shared library
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
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