On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 07:32:34AM -0500, Dave Ihnat wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 05:26:40AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > there is a handy command, "seq", which will generate sequences
> > of numbers that you can then plug into any command, as in
> >
> > $ mkdir $(seq 1 100)
>
> That *is* interesting.
>
> Much more interesting is the fact that it ISN'T DOCUMENTED ANYWHERE.
> Not "man", not "man -k", not "apropos". It isn't legacy from Unix.
>
> This is very, very bad. It's provided from GNU sh-utils; they should have a
> man page for it.
>
umm - on RH 7.2 the man page for seq is installed.
SEQ(1) FSF SEQ(1)
NAME
seq - print a sequence of numbers
SYNOPSIS
seq [OPTION]... LAST
seq [OPTION]... FIRST LAST
seq [OPTION]... FIRST INCREMENT LAST
DESCRIPTION
Print numbers from FIRST to LAST, in steps of INCREMENT.
-f, --format FORMAT
use printf(3) style FORMAT (default: %g)
-s, --separator STRING
use STRING to separate numbers (default: \n)
-w, --equal-width
equalize width by padding with leading zeroes
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
If FIRST or INCREMENT is omitted, it defaults to 1. FIRST, INCREMENT,
and LAST are interpreted as floating point values. INCRE MENT should
be positive if FIRST is smaller than LAST, and negative otherwise.
When given, the FORMAT argument must contain exactly one of the
printf-style, floating point output formats %e, %f, %g
AUTHOR
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for seq is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
info and seq programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info seq
should give you access to the complete manual.
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