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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2004-01-27 13:09:16 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2004-01-27 13:09:16 +0000
commit058f602aeb035c011464dff98167c5693b26a76f (patch)
treed94b24ce98b459969a9f464a4c2f5126a8945d83 /src/seq.c
parent821287c6c55fb4bb17e36a2a38fba5ca2a43261f (diff)
downloadcoreutils-058f602aeb035c011464dff98167c5693b26a76f.tar.xz
Reword so as not to exclude the possibility that INCREMENT be zero.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/seq.c')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/seq.c b/src/seq.c
index 45b029bb5..0394c35e3 100644
--- a/src/seq.c
+++ b/src/seq.c
@@ -95,10 +95,12 @@ Print numbers from FIRST to LAST, in steps of INCREMENT.\n\
fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
fputs (_("\
\n\
-If FIRST or INCREMENT is omitted, it defaults to 1.\n\
+If FIRST or INCREMENT is omitted, it defaults to 1. That is, an\n\
+omitted INCREMENT defaults to 1 even when LAST is smaller than FIRST.\n \
FIRST, INCREMENT, and LAST are interpreted as floating point values.\n\
-INCREMENT should be positive if FIRST is smaller than LAST, and negative\n\
-otherwise. When given, the FORMAT argument must contain exactly one of\n\
+INCREMENT is usually positive if FIRST is smaller than LAST, and\n\
+INCREMENT is usually negative if FIRST is greater than LAST.\n\
+When given, the FORMAT argument must contain exactly one of\n\
the printf-style, floating point output formats %e, %f, %g\n\
"), stdout);
printf (_("\nReport bugs to <%s>.\n"), PACKAGE_BUGREPORT);