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authorTobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>2006-11-08 15:52:07 +0100
committerTobias Klauser <tklauser@xenon.tklauser.home>2006-11-08 15:52:07 +0100
commita3f1b217c76165d4e743a01cc22692774093868d (patch)
tree4eed39d1d9d82b1e2a63f9f098985667ef64d238 /inotail.1
parent730d47348eb9383aefc99acff13c0d906aed2df6 (diff)
Document -n/-c +N feature
That should make inotail POSIX tail compatible
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@@ -31,13 +31,15 @@ be in the future.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-c \fIN\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR=\fIN\fR
-output the last N bytes
+output the last N bytes. If the first character of N is a '+', begin printing
+with the Nth character from the start of each file.
.TP
.B \-f, \fB\-\-follow
keep the file(s) open and print appended data as the file grows
.TP
.B \-n \fIN\fR, \fB\-\-lines\fR=\fIN\fR
-output the last N lines (default: 10)
+output the last N lines (default: 10) If the first character of N is a '+',
+begin printing with with the Nth line from the start of each file.
.TP
.B \-v, \fB\-\-verbose
print headers with file names