redhat man page for tell

Query: tell

OS: redhat

Section: n

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tell(n) 						       Tcl Built-In Commands							   tell(n)

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NAME
tell - Return current access position for an open channel
SYNOPSIS
tell channelId _________________________________________________________________
DESCRIPTION
Returns an integer string giving the current access position in channelId. This value returned is a byte offset that can be passed to seek | in order to set the channel to a particular position. Note that this value is in terms of bytes, not characters like read. The value returned is -1 for channels that do not support seeking.
SEE ALSO
file(n), open(n), close(n), gets(n), seek(n)
KEYWORDS
access position, channel, seeking Tcl 8.1 tell(n)
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seek(n) - osx
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seek(2) - mojave
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