Public bug reported:
I can use seq(1) to generate sequences of large numbers if I use the
default increment:
$ seq 170141183460469231731687303715884105721
170141183460469231731687303715884105725
170141183460469231731687303715884105721
170141183460469231731687303715884105722
170141183460469231731687303715884105723
170141183460469231731687303715884105724
170141183460469231731687303715884105725
$
However, if I use an increment of 2 (which should stop 2 short of the max int,)
it starts with the max integer+1 (2^127) and outputs it forever:
$ seq 170141183460469231731687303715884105721 2
170141183460469231731687303715884105725 | less
170141183460469231731687303715884105728
170141183460469231731687303715884105728
170141183460469231731687303715884105728
170141183460469231731687303715884105728
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.
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: coreutils 8.28-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-36.39-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-36-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Oct 24 20:17:15 2018
SourcePackage: coreutils
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-19 (66 days ago)
** Affects: coreutils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic
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seq command has problems near its max integer
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