[hackers] [sbase] Refactor tail(1) manpage and update README || FRIGN
commit 3c14d65b469a86c86691096211e934db3c8defb7
Author: FRIGN <dev_AT_frign.de>
Date: Mon Feb 9 16:26:17 2015 +0100
Refactor tail(1) manpage and update README
It's not finished yet. We still need the c-flag.
diff --git a/README b/README
index ea3af59..5fbaf06 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
_AT_@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ The following tools are implemented ('*' == finished, '#' == UTF-8 support,
=* sponge non-posix none
strings no -a, -n, -t
=* sync non-posix none
-= tail no -c, -f
+= tail no -c
=* tar non-posix none
=* tee yes none
test yes none
diff --git a/tail.1 b/tail.1
index d561a82..62df772 100644
--- a/tail.1
+++ b/tail.1
_AT_@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd January 30, 2015
+.Dd February 9, 2015
.Dt TAIL 1
.Os sbase
.Sh NAME
_AT_@ -6,21 +6,33 @@
.Nd display final lines of files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Op Fl n Ar lines
-.Op Ar file
+.Op Fl f
+.Op Fl n Ar num
+.Op Ar file ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
-writes the last 10 lines of the file to stdout. If no
+writes the last 10 lines of each
+.Ar file
+to stdout. If no
.Ar file
is given,
.Nm
reads from stdin.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl f
+If one
+.Ar file
+is specified, append lines to output as
+.Ar file
+grows.
.It Fl n Ar lines
-Outputs the given number of lines. If
-.Ar lines
-begins with '+' it is used as an offset from the beginning of the file.
+Display
+.Ar num
+lines. If
+.Ar num
+begins with '+' it is used as an offset from the beginning of each
+.Ar file .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr head 1
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