SEQ(1) User Commands SEQ(1)
NAME
seq - print a sequence of numbers
SYNOPSIS
seq [OPTION]... LAST
seq [OPTION]... FIRST LAST
seq [OPTION]... FIRST INCREMENT LAST
DESCRIPTION
Print numbers from FIRST to LAST, in steps of INCREMENT.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-f, --format=FORMAT
use printf style floating-point FORMAT
-s, --separator=STRING
use STRING to separate numbers (default: \n)
-w, --equal-width
equalize width by padding with leading zeroes
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
If FIRST or INCREMENT is omitted, it defaults to 1. That is, an omitted INCREMENT defaults to 1 even when
LAST is smaller than FIRST. The sequence of numbers ends when the sum of the current number and INCREMENT
would become greater than LAST. FIRST, INCREMENT, and LAST are interpreted as floating point values. INCRE‐
MENT is usually positive if FIRST is smaller than LAST, and INCREMENT is usually negative if FIRST is greater
than LAST. FORMAT must be suitable for printing one argument of type 'double'; it defaults to %.PRECf if
FIRST, INCREMENT, and LAST are all fixed point decimal numbers with maximum precision PREC, and to %g other‐
wise.
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report seq translation bugs to
<http://translationproject.org/team/>
AUTHOR
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent per‐
mitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for seq is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and seq programs are properly
installed at your site, the command
info coreutils 'seq invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
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