Re: seq: if FIRST is smaller than LAST

2004-06-15 Thread Karl Eichwalder
Andreas Schwab [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What do you think is unclear about this sentence? That is, an omitted INCREMENT defaults to 1 even when LAST is smaller than FIRST. Okay, that's clear; I do not knwo why I missed it. Jim Meyering [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks for

Re: seq: if FIRST is smaller than LAST

2004-06-14 Thread Andreas Schwab
Karl Eichwalder [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Reading the --help text of 'seq' (5.1.3 from alpha) This is very old. Latest release is 5.2.1. I'm inclined to assume seq 3 1 and seq 3 -1 1 should result in the same output: 3 2 1 But 'seq 3 1' does not produce any

Re: seq: if FIRST is smaller than LAST

2004-06-14 Thread Jim Meyering
Karl Eichwalder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reading the --help text of 'seq' (5.1.3 from alpha) I'm inclined to assume seq 3 1 and seq 3 -1 1 should result in the same output: 3 2 1 But 'seq 3 1' does not produce any output. The --help text: INCREMENT is