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Re: Additional feature for the seq command
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James Youngman |
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Re: Additional feature for the seq command |
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Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:45:39 +0100 |
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On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 01:37:02AM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Axel Liljencrantz <address@hidden> writes:
> > seq a 3 h
> > should output
> >
> > a
> > d
> > g
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> Hmm, suppose someone wants the characters from '9' through ';'?
> What about non-ASCII locales? What order should the characters appear?
FreeBSD's 'jot' command achieves this by using a %c format specifier:-
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=jot&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+5.3-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html
James.