GNU bug report logs - #79369
seq generates wrong sequences for big numbers

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: <ondra007.tom <at> seznam.cz>

Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 14:01:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

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From: <ondra007.tom <at> seznam.cz>
To: 79369 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#79369: seq generates wrong sequences for big numbers
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:11:28 +0200 (CEST)

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It looks like seq for integers bigger than 2^64 sometimes generate wrong 
results. There are few examples of wrong output I have found:


$ seq 18446744073709551617 inf | head -3

18446744073709551616
18446744073709551617
18446744073709551618





$  seq 10000000000000000000000000000 inf | head -3


9999999999999999999731564544
9999999999999999999731564545
9999999999999999999731564546





$  seq -1000000000000000000000000 0 | head -3


-1000000000000000000000000
-1000000000000000000000000
-1000000000000000000000000




It is similar to bug #75994 which reports the same issue but only for "-w"
option.

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