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-SEQ
-!!!SEQ
-NAME
-SYNOPSIS
-DESCRIPTION
-OPTIONS
-SEE ALSO
-AUTHOR
-----
!!NAME
-
seq - prints a sequence of numbers
+
!!SYNOPSIS
+__seq__ ''[[OPTION]... [[FIRST [[STEP]] LAST...''
-__seq__ ''[[OPTION]... [[FIRST [[STEP]]
-LAST...''
!!DESCRIPTION
+This manual page documents briefly the GNU __seq__ command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution (but may be used by others), because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation in the GNU Info format; see below.
-This manual page documents briefly the GNU
__seq__
-command
. This manual page was written for
the Debian
-GNU/Linux distribution (but may be used
by others)
, because
-the original program does not have a manual page
. Instead
,
-it has documentation in the GNU Info format; see
-below
.
+__seq__ prints a sequence of numbers to standard output
. It prints
the numbers from FIRST to LAST
by STEP. By default
, FIRST and STEP are both 1, and each number is printed on its own line
. All numbers can be reals
, not just integers
.
-
-__seq__ prints a sequence of numbers to standard output.
-It prints the numbers from FIRST to LAST by STEP. By
-default, FIRST and STEP are both 1, and each number is
-printed on its own line. All numbers can be reals, not just
-integers.
!!OPTIONS
+The programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options are included below. For a complete description, see the Info files.
-The programs follow
the usual GNU command line syntax
, with
-long options starting
with two dashes
(`-'). A
summary of
-are included below
. For a complete description, see
-the Info files
.
+; __-f FORMAT, --format=FORMAT__ : Print all numbers using FORMAT; default `%g'. FORMAT must contain exactly one of
the standarding float output formats `%e'
, `%f', or `%g'.
+; __-s STRING, --separator=STRING__ : Separate numbers
with STRING; default is a newline. The utput always terminates with a newline.
+; __-w, --equal-width__ : Print all numbers
with the same width, by padding with leading zeroes.
(To have other kinds of padding, use
`--format
').
+; __--help__ : Show
summary of options.
+; __--version__ : Show version of program
.
-
-__-f FORMAT, --format=FORMAT__
-
-
-Print all numbers using FORMAT; default `%g'. FORMAT must
-contain exactly one of the standarding float output formats
-`%e', `%f', or `%g'.
-
-
-__-s STRING, --separator=STRING__
-
-
-Separate numbers with STRING; default is a newline. The
-output always terminates with a newline.
-
-
-__-w, --equal-width__
-
-
-Print all numbers with the same width, by padding with
-leading zeroes. (To have other kinds of padding, use
-`--format').
-
-
-__--help__
-
-
-Show summary of options.
-
-
-__--version__
-
-
-Show version of program.
!!SEE ALSO
+This program is documented fully by ''Shell utilities: (sh-utils), GNU shell utilities'', available via the Info system.
-This program is documented fully by ''Shell utilities:
-(sh-utils), GNU shell utilities'', available via the Info
-system.
!!AUTHOR
-
-
-
-----
+This manual page was written by Galen Hazelwood, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.
