ssh-copy-id no newline bug

[Philip Hands]

"Tom G. Christensen" <tgc at jupiterrise.com> writes:

> On 22/03/16 08:34, Philip Hands wrote:
>>
>>    [ "`tail -c1 .ssh/authorized_keys 2>/dev/null`" ] && echo > .ssh/authorized_keys ;
>>
>> anyone know of portability issues with that?
>>
>
> On Solaris 10 and older /usr/bin/tail does not understand the -c1 
> syntax, it needs -1c instead.

OK, it seems that tail from coreutils on Debian can deal with -1c as
well -- odd -- is this actually the portable option despite not being in
the manual?

BTW can Solaris 10's tail handle it with a space after the c, thus:

   tail -c 1 

Cheers, Phil.
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