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loop - prints to stdout a series of numbers from `start' to `end'
SYNOPSIS
loop [ -o ] [ -x ]
DESCRIPTION
loop prints to stdout a series of numbers from `start' (arg 1) to `end'
(arg 2), with optional increment (arg 3) and zero-padded field width
(arg 4). Hex (-x) or octal (-o) output formats are available. Nega‐
tive numbers are allowed, and a negative `increment' does the expected
thing.
OPTIONS-o Output numbers in octal
-x Output numbers in hexadecimal
EXAMPLES
$ loop 1 3
1
2
3
$ loop 2 6 2
2
4
6
$ loop 2 10 2 2
02
04
06
08
10
$ # Create 10 test files, 'test01' through 'test10'
$ for i in `loop 1 10 1 2`; do touch test$i; done
$ loop -x -8 8 4 8
FFFFFFF8
FFFFFFFC
00000000
00000004
00000008
$ loop 4 0 -1
4
3
2
1
0
AUTHOR
Murray Nesbitt (websrc@nesbitt.ca)
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