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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.

use printf style floating-point FORMAT
use STRING to separate numbers (default: \n)
equalize width by padding with leading zeroes
display this help and exit
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. 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. 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

Report seq bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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Report seq translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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

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 coreutils 'seq invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.

June 2018 GNU coreutils 8.4