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tail: Fix -b, -c, -n options
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Authored by des on Aug 6 2025, 12:10 PM.
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Summary

Switching from strtoll() to expand_number() was improper at the time as
it only accepted positive numbers. Now that it also accepts negative
numbers, the -b option is still broken because the same commit that
switched to expand_number() also dropped the multiplication by units.

Fixes: 643ac419fafb

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