bug#13216: head(1) man page not talking about kilobytes

[Bob Proulx]

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> Man you guys are bananas using "K" here:
> 
>        -c, --bytes=[-]K
>               print the first K bytes of each  file;  with  the  leading  `-',
>               print all but the last K bytes of each file

It was much worse when we used "N" there.  People were often getting
confused by it.  Here is the thread where we changed it.  Here are the
highlights:

  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-05/msg00124.html

  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-05/msg00200.html

  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-05/msg00278.html

  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-05/msg00280.html

> Why can't you use "X" etc. etc.?

Hey, I jokingly suggested 'y'.  :-)  But more seriously there is no
perfect letter.

> It took 15 minutes for me to figure out that you weren't talking about
> kilobytes. Yes one only has to read down further. But kindly fix it anyway.

Bob