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diff --git a/usr.bin/jot/jot.1 b/usr.bin/jot/jot.1 deleted file mode 100644 index c7dba58..0000000 --- a/usr.bin/jot/jot.1 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,195 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1993 -.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the -.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software -.\" must display the following acknowledgement: -.\" This product includes software developed by the University of -.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. -.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors -.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software -.\" without specific prior written permission. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND -.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE -.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE -.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL -.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS -.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) -.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT -.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY -.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF -.\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.\" @(#)jot.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 -.\" -.TH JOT 1 "June 6, 1993" -.UC 4 -.SH NAME -jot \- print sequential or random data -.SH SYNOPSIS -.B jot [ -options -.B ] [ -\fRreps \fB[\fP begin \fB[\fP end \fB[\fP s \fB] ] ] ]\fP -.SH DESCRIPTION -.I Jot -is used to print out increasing, decreasing, random, -or redundant data, usually numbers, one per line. -The -.I options -are understood as follows. -.IP \fB\-r\fP -Generate random data instead of sequential data, the default. -.IP \fB\-b\fP\ word -Just print -.I word -repetitively. -.IP \fB\-w\fP\ word -Print -.IR word -with the generated data appended to it. -Octal, hexadecimal, exponential, ASCII, zero padded, -and right-adjusted representations -are possible by using the appropriate -.IR printf (3) -conversion specification inside -.IR word , -in which case the data are inserted rather than appended. -.IP \fB\-c\fP -This is an abbreviation for \fB\-w %c\fP. -.IP \fB\-s\fP\ string -Print data separated by -.IR string . -Normally, newlines separate data. -.IP \fB\-n\fP -Do not print the final newline normally appended to the output. -.IP \fB\-p\fP\ precision -Print only as many digits or characters of the data -as indicated by the integer -.IR precision . -In the absence of -.BR \-p , -the precision is the greater of the precisions of -.I begin -and -.IR end . -The -.B \-p -option is overridden by whatever appears in a -.IR printf (3) -conversion following -.BR \-w . -.PP -The last four arguments indicate, respectively, -the number of data, the lower bound, the upper bound, -and the step size or, for random data, the seed. -While at least one of them must appear, -any of the other three may be omitted, and -will be considered as such if given as -.BR \- . -Any three of these arguments determines the fourth. -If four are specified and the given and computed values of -.I reps -conflict, the lower value is used. -If fewer than three are specified, defaults are assigned -left to right, except for -.IR s , -which assumes its default unless both -.I begin -and -.I end -are given. -.PP -Defaults for the four arguments are, respectively, -100, 1, 100, and 1, except that when random data are requested, -.I s -defaults to a seed depending upon the time of day. -.I Reps -is expected to be an unsigned integer, -and if given as zero is taken to be infinite. -.I Begin -and -.I end -may be given as real numbers or as characters -representing the corresponding value in ASCII. -The last argument must be a real number. -.PP -Random numbers are obtained through -.IR random (3). -The name -.I jot -derives in part from -.IR iota , -a function in APL. -.SH EXAMPLES -.de IC -.IP -.ss 36 -.ft B -.. -.de NC -.br -.ss 12 -.PP -.. -.PP -The command -.IC -jot 21 \-1 1.00 -.NC -prints 21 evenly spaced numbers increasing from \-1 to 1. -The ASCII character set is generated with -.IC -jot \-c 128 0 -.NC -and the strings xaa through xaz with -.IC -jot \-w xa%c 26 a -.NC -while 20 random 8-letter strings are produced with -.IC -jot \-r \-c 160 a z | rs \-g 0 8 -.NC -Infinitely many -.IR yes 's -may be obtained through -.IC -jot \-b yes 0 -.NC -and thirty -.IR ed (1) -substitution commands applying to lines 2, 7, 12, etc. is -the result of -.IC -jot \-w %ds/old/new/ 30 2 \- 5 -.NC -The stuttering sequence 9, 9, 8, 8, 7, etc. can be -produced by suitable choice of precision and step size, -as in -.IC -jot 0 9 \- \-.5 -.NC -and a file containing exactly 1024 bytes is created with -.IC -jot \-b x 512 > block -.NC -Finally, to set tabs four spaces apart starting -from column 10 and ending in column 132, use -.IC -expand \-\`jot \-s, \- 10 132 4\` -.NC -and to print all lines 80 characters or longer, -.IC -grep \`jot \-s "" \-b . 80\` -.NC -.SH SEE ALSO -ed(1), expand(1), rs(1), yes(1), printf(3), random(3), expand(1) |