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tail manpage incomplete (-n +NUM syntax not mentioned) #11986

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On my brand new xubuntu-26.04 I noticed:

GNU tail manpage

-n, --lines=[+]NUM
output the last NUM lines, instead of the last 10; or use -n +NUM to skip NUM-1 lines at the
start

new Rust tail manpage

-n, --lines
Number of lines to print

That leaves out the -n +NUM syntax (which still works, but should be mentioned).

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