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From: edf@rocky2.rockefeller.edu (David MacKenzie)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.bugs.sys5,comp.bugs.4bsd
Subject: Re: Does tail still need the 4K byte limit?
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Date: 4 May 89 03:26:37 GMT
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In article <378@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> wcs@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (Bill Stewart 201-949-0705 ho95c.att.com!wcs) writes:
>Has anybody written a public domain version of tail?  Is this fixed
>in SVR4 or 4.3bsd?  Is it time to write GNUtail?

The GNU tail and head utilities have already been written, by me and
Paul Rubin.  They have not yet been generally distributed, but I would be
happy to mail them to anyone who wants them.  They have no buffer size
limits.  The GNU head is also much faster than the BSD one and can head
in blocks or bytes as well as lines.
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David MacKenzie
Environmental Defense Fund
edf@rocky2.rockefeller.edu (...rutgers!cmcl2!rocky2!edf)