1.\" $NetBSD: seq.1,v 1.6 2008/11/26 15:03:47 ginsbach Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2005 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 7.\" by Brian Ginsbach. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 20.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 21.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 22.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 23.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.\" $FreeBSD$ 31.\" 32.Dd February 19, 2010 33.Dt SEQ 1 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm seq 37.Nd print sequences of numbers 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39.Nm 40.Op Fl w 41.Op Fl f Ar format 42.Op Fl s Ar string 43.Op Fl t Ar string 44.Op Ar first Op Ar incr 45.Ar last 46.Sh DESCRIPTION 47The 48.Nm 49utility prints a sequence of numbers, one per line 50.Pq default , 51from 52.Ar first 53.Pq default 1 , 54to near 55.Ar last 56as possible, in increments of 57.Ar incr 58.Pq default 1 . 59When 60.Ar first 61is larger than 62.Ar last 63the default 64.Ar incr 65is -1. 66.Pp 67All numbers are interpreted as floating point. 68.Pp 69Normally integer values are printed as decimal integers. 70.Pp 71The 72.Nm 73utility accepts the following options: 74.Bl -tag -width Ar 75.It Fl f Ar format 76Use a 77.Xr printf 3 78style 79.Ar format 80to print each number. 81Only the 82.Cm E , 83.Cm e , 84.Cm f , 85.Cm G , 86.Cm g , 87and 88.Cm % 89conversion characters are valid, along with any optional 90flags and an optional numeric minimum field width or precision. 91The 92.Ar format 93can contain character escape sequences in backslash notation as 94defined in 95.St -ansiC . 96The default is 97.Cm %g . 98.It Fl s Ar string 99Use 100.Ar string 101to separate numbers. 102The 103.Ar string 104can contain character escape sequences in backslash notation as 105defined in 106.St -ansiC . 107The default is 108.Cm \en . 109.It Fl t Ar string 110Use 111.Ar string 112to terminate sequence of numbers. 113The 114.Ar string 115can contain character escape sequences in backslash notation as 116defined in 117.St -ansiC . 118This option is useful when the default separator 119does not contain a 120.Cm \en . 121.It Fl w 122Equalize the widths of all numbers by padding with zeros as necessary. 123This option has no effect with the 124.Fl f 125option. 126If any sequence numbers will be printed in exponential notation, 127the default conversion is changed to 128.Cm %e . 129.El 130.Sh EXIT STATUS 131.Ex -std 132.Sh EXAMPLES 133.Bd -literal -offset indent 134# seq 1 3 1351 1362 1373 138 139# seq 3 1 1403 1412 1421 143 144# seq -w 0 .05 .1 1450.00 1460.05 1470.10 148.Ed 149.Sh SEE ALSO 150.Xr jot 1 , 151.Xr printf 1 , 152.Xr printf 3 153.Sh HISTORY 154The 155.Nm 156command first appeared in 157.Tn "Plan 9 from Bell Labs" . 158A 159.Nm 160command appeared in 161.Nx 3.0 , 162and ported to 163.Fx 9.0 . 164This command was based on the command of the same name in 165.Tn "Plan 9 from Bell Labs" 166and the 167.Tn GNU 168core utilities. 169The 170.Tn GNU 171.Nm 172command first appeared in the 1.13 shell utilities release. 173.Sh BUGS 174The 175.Fl w 176option does not handle the transition from pure floating point 177to exponent representation very well. 178The 179.Nm 180command is not bug for bug compatible with the 181.Tn "Plan 9 from Bell Labs" 182or 183.Tn GNU 184versions of 185.Nm . 186