1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/coreutils/tail.c b/coreutils/tail.c
index 07c71ca4b..eab502beb 100644
--- a/coreutils/tail.c
+++ b/coreutils/tail.c
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ int tail_main(int argc, char **argv)
        int *fds;
        const char *fmt;
+        int prev_fd;
        INIT_G();
@@ -309,6 +310,7 @@ int tail_main(int argc, char **argv)
                        xwrite(STDOUT_FILENO, tailbuf, taillen);
                }
        } while (++i < nfiles);
+        prev_fd = fds[i-1];
        tailbuf = xrealloc(tailbuf, BUFSIZ);
@@ -365,9 +367,10 @@ int tail_main(int argc, char **argv)
                                nread = tail_read(fd, tailbuf, BUFSIZ);
                                if (nread <= 0)
                                        break;
-                                if (fmt) {
+                                if (fmt && (fd != prev_fd)) {
                                        tail_xprint_header(fmt, filename);
                                        fmt = NULL;
+                                        prev_fd = fd;
                                }
                                xwrite(STDOUT_FILENO, tailbuf, nread);
                        }