GNU bug report logs - #34670
Implement "seq infinity"

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Package: coreutils;

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

Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 15:40:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 34670-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>,
 34670-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34670: Implement "seq infinity"
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 17:44:46 +0100

On 2/26/19 4:39 PM, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> I can do
> $ sleep infinity
> so why not
> $ seq infinity
> also?

you already can:

  $ seq infinity | head -n4
  1
  2
  3
  4

And it's documented in the section "Floating point" which is referred
to in the Texinfo manual.

  https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/seq

Thus, I'm marking this as done.

Have a nice day,
Berny
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