Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 10:30:26 GMT From: Murray Nesbitt <murray@nesbitt.ca> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/88391: New port: misc/loop is a shell programming utility that prints to stdout a series of numbers from `start' to `end' Message-ID: <200511081030.jA8AUQlx070201@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/88391; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Murray Nesbitt <murray@nesbitt.ca> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: ports/88391: New port: misc/loop is a shell programming utility that prints to stdout a series of numbers from `start' to `end' Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 02:20:02 -0800 Hmm, not really, I guess. The syntax is arguably more straightforward than jot (closer to gnu 'seq', but it can do more than that utility--hex and octal output, for example). To print the range 1-20 with this utility is 'loop 1 20', whereas with jot it's 'jot 20 1'. I think it's possible to use this utility without reading the man page, which I can't say for jot. Could just be me. Murray
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