GNU bug report logs - #20767
seq: support multiple % in -f format

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 02:07:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Stephane Chazelas <stephane.chazelas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 20767 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20767: seq invocation limitations documentation
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2015 23:08:53 +0800

Actually it would be great if one could just do
seq -f %d=0x%x 14484 10000 34484
where seq could just take the standard printf arguments, and % could be
used more than once, as I don't think it could mean any second argument...
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