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[PATCH] doc: further clarify 'yes' alternative in seq invocation
From: |
Bernhard Voelker |
Subject: |
[PATCH] doc: further clarify 'yes' alternative in seq invocation |
Date: |
Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:06:52 +0100 |
* doc/coreutils.texi (node seq invocation): Clarify to use the tool
'yes'; otherwise the reader may interpret the sencentence as if one
could pass 'yes' as the INCREMENT value.
---
doc/coreutils.texi | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 028371673..64bffcfdd 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -18590,7 +18590,7 @@ 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
+@var{increment} must not be @samp{0}; use the tool @command{yes} to get
repeated output of a constant number.
@var{first}, @var{increment} and @var{last} must not be @code{NaN}.
Floating-point numbers may be specified in either the current or
--
2.20.1
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