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diff --git a/static/plan9-4e/man1/seq.1 b/static/plan9-4e/man1/seq.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..97b68da0 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/plan9-4e/man1/seq.1 @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +.TH SEQ 1 +.SH NAME +seq \- print sequences of numbers +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B seq +[ +.B -w +] +[ +.BI -f format +] +[ +.I first +[ +.I incr +] +] +.I last +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Seq +prints a sequence of numbers, one per line, from +.I first +(default 1) to as near +.I last +as possible, in increments of +.I incr +(default 1). +The numbers are interpreted as floating point. +.PP +Normally integer values are printed as decimal integers. +The options are +.TP "\w'\fL-f \fIformat\fLXX'u" +.BI -f format +Use the +.IR print (2)-style +.I format +.IR print +for printing each (floating point) number. +The default is +.LR %g . +.TP +.B -w +Equalize the widths of all numbers by padding with +leading zeros as necessary. +Not effective with option +.BR -f , +nor with numbers in exponential notation. +.SH EXAMPLES +.TP +.L +seq 0 .05 .1 +Print +.BR "0 0.05 0.1" +(on separate lines). +.TP +.L +seq -w 0 .05 .1 +Print +.BR "0.00 0.05 0.10" . +.SH SOURCE +.B /sys/src/cmd/seq.c +.SH BUGS +Option +.B -w +always surveys every value in advance. +Thus +.L +seq -w 1000000000 +is a painful way to get an `infinite' sequence. |
