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Re: [PATCH] doc: further clarify 'yes' alternative in seq invocation
From: |
Bernhard Voelker |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] doc: further clarify 'yes' alternative in seq invocation |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 19:09:44 +0100 |
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On 2/26/19 7:06 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> * 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.
Pushed at
https://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=4ae13695164a
with s/sencentence/sentence/ in the commit message.
Have a nice day,
Berny
> ---
> 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
>