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authorsteve <steve@FreeBSD.org>1998-01-24 03:32:33 +0000
committersteve <steve@FreeBSD.org>1998-01-24 03:32:33 +0000
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Random data is no longer based on the time of day, rather the random
number device. Also clearly state that sequential data is the default. PR: 5553 Submitted by: Jonathan Hanna <pangolin@rogers.wave.ca>
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diff --git a/usr.bin/jot/jot.1 b/usr.bin/jot/jot.1
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@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ or redundant data, usually numbers, one per line.
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl r
-Generate random data instead of sequential data, the default.
+Generate random data instead of the default sequential data.
.It Fl b Ar word
Just print
.Ar word
@@ -120,8 +120,9 @@ are given.
.Pp
Defaults for the four arguments are, respectively,
100, 1, 100, and 1, except that when random data are requested,
-.Ar s
-defaults to a seed depending upon the time of day.
+the seed,
+.Ar s ,
+is picked randomly.
.Ar Reps
is expected to be an unsigned integer,
and if given as zero is taken to be infinite.
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