From a3f1b217c76165d4e743a01cc22692774093868d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tobias Klauser Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 15:52:07 +0100 Subject: Document -n/-c +N feature That should make inotail POSIX tail compatible --- inotail.1 | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'inotail.1') diff --git a/inotail.1 b/inotail.1 index a623f0a..9145dec 100644 --- a/inotail.1 +++ b/inotail.1 @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf