203 lines
5.3 KiB
Groff
203 lines
5.3 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: jot.1,v 1.12 2012/04/08 22:00:39 wiz Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)jot.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\"
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.Dd January 5, 2010
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.Dt JOT 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm jot
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.Nd print sequential or random data
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl cnr
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.Op Fl b Ar word
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.Op Fl p Ar precision
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.Op Fl s Ar string
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.Op Fl w Ar word
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.Oo Ar reps
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.Oo Ar begin
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.Oo Ar end
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.Op Ar s
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.Oc
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.Oc
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.Oc
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm jot
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utility is used to print out increasing, decreasing, random,
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or redundant data (usually numbers) one per line.
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.Pp
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The following options are available:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl b Ar word
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Just print
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.Ar word
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repetitively.
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.It Fl c
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This is an abbreviation for
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.Fl w Ar %c .
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.It Fl n
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Do not print the final newline normally appended to the output.
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.It Fl p Ar precision
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Print only as many digits or characters of the data
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as indicated by the integer
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.Ar precision .
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In the absence of
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.Fl p ,
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the precision is the greater of the precisions of
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.Ar begin
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and
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.Ar end .
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The
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.Fl p
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option is overridden by whatever appears in a
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.Xr printf 3
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conversion following
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.Fl w .
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.It Fl r
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Generate random data instead of sequential data, the default.
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.It Fl s Ar string
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Print data separated by
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.Ar string .
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Normally, newlines separate data.
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.It Fl w Ar word
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Print
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.Ar word
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with the generated data appended to it.
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Octal, hexadecimal, exponential, ASCII, zero padded,
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and right-adjusted representations
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are possible by using the appropriate
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.Xr printf 3
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conversion specification inside
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.Ar word ,
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in which case the data are inserted rather than appended.
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.El
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.Pp
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The last four arguments indicate, respectively,
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the number of data, the lower bound, the upper bound,
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and the step size or, for random data, the seed.
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While at least one of them must appear,
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any of the other three may be omitted, and
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will be considered as such if given as
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.Dq - .
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Any three of these arguments determines the fourth.
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If four are specified and the given and computed values of
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.Ar reps
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conflict, the lower value is used.
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If fewer than three are specified, defaults are assigned
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left to right, except for
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.Ar s ,
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which assumes its default unless both
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.Ar begin
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and
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.Ar end
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are given.
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.Pp
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Defaults for the four arguments are, respectively,
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100, 1, 100, and 1, except that when random data are requested,
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.Ar s
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defaults to a seed depending upon the time of day.
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.Ar reps
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is expected to be an unsigned integer,
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and if given as zero is taken to be infinite.
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.Ar begin
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and
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.Ar end
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may be given as real numbers or as characters
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representing the corresponding value in ASCII.
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The last argument must be a real number.
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.Pp
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Random numbers are obtained through
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.Xr random 3 .
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The name
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.Nm jot
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derives in part from
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.Nm iota ,
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a function in APL.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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The command:
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.Dl "jot - 42 87 1"
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prints the integers from 42 to 87, inclusive.
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.Pp
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The command:
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.Dl "jot 21 \-1 1.00"
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prints 21 evenly spaced numbers increasing from \-1 to 1.
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.Pp
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The command:
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.Dl "jot \-c 128 0"
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prints the ASCII character set.
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.Pp
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The command:
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.Dl "jot \-w xa%c 26 a"
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prints the strings
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.Dq xaa
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through
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.Dq xaz .
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.Pp
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The command:
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.Dl "jot \-r \-c 160 a z | rs \-g 0 8"
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prints 20 random 8-letter strings.
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.Pp
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The command:
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.Dl "jot \-b y 0"
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is equivalent to
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.Xr yes 1 .
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.Pp
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The command:
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.Dl "jot \-w %ds/old/new/ 30 2 \- 5"
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prints thirty
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.Xr ed 1
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substitution commands applying to lines 2, 7, 12, etc.
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.Pp
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The command:
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.Dl "jot 0 9 \- \-.5"
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prints the stuttering sequence 9, 8, 8, 7, etc.
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.Pp
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The command:
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.Dl "jot \-b x 512 \*[Gt] block"
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creates a file containing exactly 1024 bytes.
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.Pp
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The command:
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.Dl "expand \-\`jot \-s, \- 10 132 4\`"
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sets tabs four spaces apart starting
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from column 10 and ending in column 132.
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.Pp
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The command:
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.Dl "grep \`jot \-s """" \-b . 80\`"
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prints all lines 80 characters or longer.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr ed 1 ,
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.Xr expand 1 ,
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.Xr rs 1 ,
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.Xr seq 1 ,
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.Xr yes 1 ,
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.Xr printf 3 ,
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.Xr random 3
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