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Date:      Fri, 29 Mar 2002 12:58:22 -0500 (EST)
From:      "John T. Farmer" <jfarmer@goldsword.com>
To:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        jfarmer@goldsword.com
Subject:   Use of jot command [WAS: Re: sendmail_enable NONE ]
Message-ID:  <200203291758.MAA19412@rapier.goldsword.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020328163551.B77823@shell.wetworks.org>

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On Thu, 28 Mar 2002 16:35:51 Alan Clegg said:
>
> > When was the last time you used jot(1)?  Do you also want it removed from
> > your installed system?
>
> Woah!  Cool command... can't really think of how I'd use it, but...
>
> AlanC

Jot is used to generate data for testing, when you need random data, 
patterned data, datasets of specific sizes, contents, etc. 

Quite a useful command when debugging, developing, etc.

John

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