From owner-svn-src-all@freebsd.org Sat Sep 21 15:01:12 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2AC2126AC0; Sat, 21 Sep 2019 15:01:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 0mp@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46bDLJ1Hh0z4bvD; Sat, 21 Sep 2019 15:01:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 0mp@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0FC86FE25; Sat, 21 Sep 2019 15:01:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 0mp@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id x8LF1Bf4038298; Sat, 21 Sep 2019 15:01:11 GMT (envelope-from 0mp@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from 0mp@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id x8LF1BvL038297; Sat, 21 Sep 2019 15:01:11 GMT (envelope-from 0mp@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201909211501.x8LF1BvL038297@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: 0mp set sender to 0mp@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2019 15:01:11 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r352578 - head/usr.bin/jot X-SVN-Group: head X-SVN-Commit-Author: 0mp X-SVN-Commit-Paths: head/usr.bin/jot X-SVN-Commit-Revision: 352578 X-SVN-Commit-Repository: base MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2019 15:01:12 -0000 Author: 0mp (ports committer) Date: Sat Sep 21 15:01:11 2019 New Revision: 352578 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/352578 Log: jot.1: Explain default argument values more precisely The way jot(1) defaults missing arguments doesn't match the behaviour described in the manpage, which states that with fewer than 3 arguments missing values are supplied from left to right. In fact, with one or two arguments, the last (s which is step size or seed) defaults to 1 (or -1 if begin and end specify a descending range), and then omitted arguments are set to default starting with the leftmost until three arguments are available. This is why `jot 2 1000` prints 1000 and 1001 instead of 1000 and 100. PR: 135475 Submitted by: Jonathan McKeown Approved by: doc (bcr) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D21736 Event: EuroBSDcon 2019 Modified: head/usr.bin/jot/jot.1 Modified: head/usr.bin/jot/jot.1 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.bin/jot/jot.1 Sat Sep 21 14:16:37 2019 (r352577) +++ head/usr.bin/jot/jot.1 Sat Sep 21 15:01:11 2019 (r352578) @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)jot.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 7, 2015 +.Dd September 21, 2019 .Dt JOT 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -108,14 +108,16 @@ Any three of these arguments determines the fourth. If four are specified and the given and computed values of .Ar reps conflict, the lower value is used. -If fewer than three are specified, defaults are assigned -left to right, except for +If one or two are specified, defaults are assigned +starting with .Ar s , -which assumes a default of 1 or -1 if both +which assumes a default of 1 (or -1 if .Ar begin and .Ar end -are given. +specify a descending range). +Then the default values are assigned to the leftmost omitted arguments until +three arguments are set. .Pp Defaults for the four arguments are, respectively, 100, 1, 100, and 1, except that when random data are requested,