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Re: seq: Request for documentation of 'inf'


From: Pádraig Brady
Subject: Re: seq: Request for documentation of 'inf'
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2020 15:02:24 +0000
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On 18/12/2020 08:17, KOBAYASHI Takashi wrote:
Hello,

'seq' generates infinite sequences of numbers if the argument is 'inf'.
$ seq inf | head -n 1000 | tail -n 1
1000

But, this usage is not explained in Texinfo. Could you please add it?

Yes it's worth mentioning.  Also `sleep inf` is worth mentioning.
Both done in:
https://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=e5cb4aaa0

thank you,
Pádraig



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