Re: tail +n does not work under Linux?

[Pádraig Brady]

Eric Blake wrote:
> 
> What do you think about the attached patch to the --help output (and thus
> man page)?

Yes there are too many "N"s.

> -  -n, --lines=N            output the last N lines, instead of the last 
> %d;\n\
> -                           or use +N to output lines starting with the Nth\n\
> +  -n, --lines=CNT          output the last CNT lines, instead of the last 
> %d;\n\
> +                           or use +CNT to skip the first CNT-1 lines\n\
>        --max-unchanged-stats=N\n\

CNT doesn't read too well :)
How about COUNT or NUM?
What about the texi docs?
Would one change head -n docs also for consistency?
What about the other instances of N in tail --help?

cheers,
Pádraig.