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SEQ(1) User Commands 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.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short
options too.
-f, --format=FORMAT
use printf style floating-point FORMAT
-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. That is, an
omitted INCREMENT defaults to 1 even when LAST is smaller than
FIRST. The sequence of numbers ends when the sum of the current
number and INCREMENT would become greater than LAST. FIRST,
INCREMENT, and LAST are interpreted as floating point values.
INCREMENT is usually positive if FIRST is smaller than LAST, and
INCREMENT is usually negative if FIRST is greater than LAST.
INCREMENT must not be 0; none of FIRST, INCREMENT and LAST may be
NaN. FORMAT must be suitable for printing one argument of type
'double'; it defaults to %.PRECf if FIRST, INCREMENT, and LAST are
all fixed point decimal numbers with maximum precision PREC, and
to %g otherwise.
AUTHOR
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/core‐
utils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationpro‐
ject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/seq>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) seq invocation'
GNU coreutils 8.32 April 2020 SEQ(1)