From: Bernhard Voelker Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 18:06:52 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: further clarify 'yes' alternative in seq invocation X-Git-Tag: v8.31~18 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4ae13695164a1e20cd3c722f05504b8fd9de3f8d;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git doc: further clarify 'yes' alternative in seq invocation * doc/coreutils.texi (node seq invocation): Clarify to use the tool 'yes'; otherwise the reader may interpret the sentence as if one could pass 'yes' as the INCREMENT value. --- diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index eb18488829..ed854dbdb2 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -18608,7 +18608,7 @@ even when @var{first} is larger than @var{last}. The sequence of numbers ends when the sum of the current number and @var{increment} would become greater than @var{last}, so @code{seq 1 10 10} only produces @samp{1}. -@var{increment} must not be @samp{0}; use @command{yes} to get +@var{increment} must not be @samp{0}; use the tool @command{yes} to get repeated output of a constant number. @var{first}, @var{increment} and @var{last} must not be @code{NaN}. Floating-point numbers may be specified in either the current or