PHWinfo - Afficher un message - Posix sucks, Linux sucks, I want my compatibility back

25/08/2006, 15h37

Ben wrote:
> George Fletcher wrote:
>> Gold ol' Linux, bad ol' Posix. This time FC5 has broken my shell
>> scripts by redefining the flags for the 'tail' command. Most notably,
>> by deleting the second most used flag '+#', used to concatenate a file
>> beginning at line #.
>>
>
> I couldn't believe this when I read it so I went and checked my system
> (yes...I'm using FC5, please hold your flames till after the speech) and
> sure enough it's true. I can't believe this. I use this kind of thing in
> scripting all the time never believing I'd have to worry about it going
> away on certain platforms. Can anyone suggest a good way to obtain the
> same behavior with another built in command? All I can think of at the
> moment is:
>
> awk 'NR>=#' file
>
> As a side note. If I want to get away from FC5 (yes...this issue is
> enough to dishearten me) can anyone recommend a flavor that wouldn't put
> me into culture shock. I'm not looking for a distro war here, just
> genuinely would like to know something that's similar to FC (if that
> even makes sense) but maybe more Posix. I've never used any other distro
> other than FC. While I'm very familiar with FC, I can't say what my
> familiarity with linux in general is due this limited experience. I do
> my own sysadmin at home on this linux box though and I don't use GUI's
> for any sysadmin, I prefer konsole (xterm) and vi. Thanks.
>

Problem is, with respect to FC5's tail, it is POSIX.

Assuming my reading of the man page at opengroup is correct:

http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/...ties/tail.html

Neither +# nor -# is officially sanctioned.

To get the same affect you need a -n option before the number.

Bleech!!

25/08/2006, 15h37	#9
Jon LaBadie Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Re: Posix sucks, Linux sucks, I want my compatibility back Ben wrote: > George Fletcher wrote: >> Gold ol' Linux, bad ol' Posix. This time FC5 has broken my shell >> scripts by redefining the flags for the 'tail' command. Most notably, >> by deleting the second most used flag '+#', used to concatenate a file >> beginning at line #. >> > > I couldn't believe this when I read it so I went and checked my system > (yes...I'm using FC5, please hold your flames till after the speech) and > sure enough it's true. I can't believe this. I use this kind of thing in > scripting all the time never believing I'd have to worry about it going > away on certain platforms. Can anyone suggest a good way to obtain the > same behavior with another built in command? All I can think of at the > moment is: > > awk 'NR>=#' file > > As a side note. If I want to get away from FC5 (yes...this issue is > enough to dishearten me) can anyone recommend a flavor that wouldn't put > me into culture shock. I'm not looking for a distro war here, just > genuinely would like to know something that's similar to FC (if that > even makes sense) but maybe more Posix. I've never used any other distro > other than FC. While I'm very familiar with FC, I can't say what my > familiarity with linux in general is due this limited experience. I do > my own sysadmin at home on this linux box though and I don't use GUI's > for any sysadmin, I prefer konsole (xterm) and vi. Thanks. > Problem is, with respect to FC5's tail, it is POSIX. Assuming my reading of the man page at opengroup is correct: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/...ties/tail.html Neither +# nor -# is officially sanctioned. To get the same affect you need a -n option before the number. Bleech!!