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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1996-04-07 17:27:11 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1996-04-07 17:27:11 +0000
commitc32c5775be76a15db8404cae78c5e68fb456d844 (patch)
tree6dddbdb46ee21a23a8ed55d4b27c2d0398cd18ab /src
parent3220407d482840f38070af9806fa34f2174e1b32 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-c32c5775be76a15db8404cae78c5e68fb456d844.tar.xz
Fiddle with messages.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/seq.c15
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/seq.c b/src/seq.c
index 8e2a66ed1..b6c9858c4 100644
--- a/src/seq.c
+++ b/src/seq.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ usage (int status)
else
{
(void) printf (_("\
-Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FROM [INCR]] TO\n\
+Usage: %s [OPTION]... [START [INCREMENT]] LIMIT\n\
"), program_name);
(void) printf (_("\
\n\
@@ -92,9 +92,10 @@ Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FROM [INCR]] TO\n\
--version output version information and exit\n\
-w, --equal-width equalize width by padding with leading zeroes\n\
\n\
- FROM, INCR, TO are interpreted as floating point. INCR should be > 0 if\n\
- FROM is smaller than TO and vice versa. When given, the FORMAT argument\n\
- must contain exactly one of the float output formats %%e, %%f, or %%g.\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\
+ otherwise. When given, the FORMAT argument must contain exactly one of\n\
+ the printf-style, floating point output formats %%e, %%f, or %%g.\n\
"));
}
exit (status);
@@ -395,7 +396,8 @@ print_numbers (const char *format_str)
if (step >= 0)
{
error (0, 0,
- _("when FROM is larger than TO, INCR must be negative"));
+ _("when the starting value is larger than the limit,\n\
+the increment must be negative"));
usage (1);
/* NOTREACHED */
}
@@ -419,7 +421,8 @@ print_numbers (const char *format_str)
if (step <= 0)
{
error (0, 0,
- _("when FROM is smaller than TO, INCR must be positive"));
+ _("when the starting value is smaller than the limit,\n\
+the increment must be positive"));
usage (1);
/* NOTREACHED */
}