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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1996-04-22 03:20:14 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1996-04-22 03:20:14 +0000
commit674180c97f1a36d408a5215f0454d2c7dc27e7c1 (patch)
treee31baeaf64a0c9e08f538118c0cb4d65c3f94089 /src
parentc264e159a48284705904017837124b4e5c7309a6 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-674180c97f1a36d408a5215f0454d2c7dc27e7c1.tar.xz
(usage): Use FIRST, LAST consistently in description.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/seq.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/seq.c b/src/seq.c
index 9bab3c2b7..388df0708 100644
--- a/src/seq.c
+++ b/src/seq.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ usage (int status)
else
{
(void) printf (_("\
-Usage: %s [OPTION]... [START [INCREMENT]] LIMIT\n\
+Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FIRST [INCREMENT]] LAST\n\
"), program_name);
(void) printf (_("\
Print numbers from FIRST (default 1) to LAST, moving by STEP (default 1).\n\
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ Print numbers from FIRST (default 1) to LAST, moving by STEP (default 1).\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\
+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\
the printf-style, floating point output formats %%e, %%f, or %%g.\n\
"));