Marc Herbert wrote:
seq is not exactly Linux-only but GNU-only.GNU-specific versus bash-specific, which is worse? I'd say it depends... on which mailing-list you post :-)
I'd say a script interpreted by the GNU shell must not rely blindly on GNU tools being installed or on running on a GNU OS. It can, however, rely on Bash features, of course.
-- Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others. - jbp, master of the net, in RFC793
