From 81e589021d9c47e4fbc4284e82881a9703246476 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bernhard Voelker Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 12:38:09 +0200 Subject: seq: do not allow 0 as increment value MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit * src/seq.c (main): Exit with an error diagnostic when the given step value is Zero. (usage): Document it. * doc/coreutils.texi (seq invocation): Likewise. * tests/misc/seq.pl: Add tests. * NEWS (Changes in behavior): Mention the change. Reported by Маренков Евгений in: http://bugs.gnu.org/23110 --- doc/coreutils.texi | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/coreutils.texi') diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 45706bdbf..6b706359e 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -17422,6 +17422,8 @@ even when @var{first} is larger than @var{last}. The sequence of numbers ends when the sum of the current number and @var{increment} would become greater than @var{last}, so @code{seq 1 10 10} only produces @samp{1}. +@var{increment} must not be @samp{0}; use @command{yes} to get +repeated output of a constant number. Floating-point numbers may be specified. @xref{Floating point}. The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf