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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1996-04-21 03:25:53 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1996-04-21 03:25:53 +0000
commitdfbe6788b47a1d52d4445932c69334218c608a02 (patch)
treec8eccab6685d9dca063abc7620e8234c423d90f9 /src/seq.c
parent1d2c0959c9c9926f5f45cacf32bf653757917990 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-dfbe6788b47a1d52d4445932c69334218c608a02.tar.xz
(usage): Improve help message. From Karl Berry.
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diff --git a/src/seq.c b/src/seq.c
index e5a909ea6..9bab3c2b7 100644
--- a/src/seq.c
+++ b/src/seq.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* seq - print sequence of numbers to standard output.
- Copyright (C) 94, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 94, 1995, 96 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -85,12 +85,13 @@ usage (int status)
Usage: %s [OPTION]... [START [INCREMENT]] LIMIT\n\
"), program_name);
(void) printf (_("\
+Print numbers from FIRST (default 1) to LAST, moving by STEP (default 1).\n\
\n\
-f, --format FORMAT use printf(3) style FORMAT (default: %%g)\n\
- --help display this help and exit\n\
-s, --separator STRING use STRING for separating numbers (default: \\n)\n\
- --version output version information and exit\n\
-w, --equal-width equalize width by padding with leading zeroes\n\
+ --help display this help and exit\n\
+ --version output version information and exit\n\
\n\
START, INCREMENT, and LIMIT are interpreted as floating point values.\n\
INCREMENT should be positive if START is smaller than LIMIT, and negative\n\