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doc: tail: fix description of --bytes=N (-c)
authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:27:09 +0000 (14:27 +0000)
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:27:09 +0000 (14:27 +0000)
* doc/coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Use @var{n} consistently,
not a mix of that and @var{bytes}.  Reported by anonymous
in <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?24934>.

doc/coreutils.texi

index 07dba34b97ec678cb511040089cf4191c72d78b9..092574855c11908fe2573a9e36a13a1750f5b00a 100644 (file)
@@ -2696,11 +2696,11 @@ The program accepts the following options.  Also see @ref{Common options}.
 
 @table @samp
 
-@item -c @var{bytes}
-@itemx --bytes=@var{bytes}
+@item -c @var{n}
+@itemx --bytes=@var{n}
 @opindex -c
 @opindex --bytes
-Output the last @var{bytes} bytes, instead of final lines.
+Output the last @var{n} bytes, instead of final lines.
 However, if @var{n} starts with a @samp{+}, start printing with the
 @var{n}th byte from the start of each file, instead of from the end.
 Appending @samp{b} multiplies @var{bytes} by 512,