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. 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.

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report seq translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

AUTHOR¶

Written by Ulrich Drepper.

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2013 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.