+2006-12-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * src/tail.c (usage): Mention +N for --bytes and --lines.
+ Suggestion from Evan Hunt.
+
2006-12-26 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
* configure.ac: Require autoconf-2.61 and automake-1.10.
inaccessible when tail starts or if it becomes\n\
inaccessible later; useful when following by name,\n\
i.e., with --follow=name\n\
- -c, --bytes=N output the last N bytes\n\
+ -c, --bytes=N output the last N bytes; alternatively, use +N to\n\
+ output bytes starting with the Nth of each file\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
-f, --follow[={name|descriptor}]\n\
-F same as --follow=name --retry\n\
"), stdout);
printf (_("\
- -n, --lines=N output the last N lines, instead of the last %d\n\
+ -n, --lines=N output the last N lines, instead of the last %d;\n\
+ or use +N to output lines starting with the Nth\n\
--max-unchanged-stats=N\n\
with --follow=name, reopen a FILE which has not\n\
changed size after N (default %d) iterations\n\