.\" loop - Copyright (C) 1997 Murray Nesbitt (websrc AT nesbitt.ca)
.\"
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.TH LOOP 1
.SH NAME
loop \-  prints to stdout a series of numbers from `start' to `end' 
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B loop
[
.B -o
]
[
.B -x
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I  loop
prints to stdout a series of numbers from `start' (arg 1) to `end'
(arg 2), with optional increment (arg 3) and zero-padded field width
(arg 4).  Hex (-x) or octal (-o) output formats are available.
Negative numbers are allowed, and a negative `increment' does the
expected thing.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-o
Output numbers in octal
.TP
.B \-x
Output numbers in hexadecimal
.SH EXAMPLES
.PP
.RS
$ loop 1 3
.RE
.RS
1
.RE
.RS
2
.RE
.RS
3
.RE

.RS
$ loop 2 6 2
.RE
.RS
2
.RE
.RS
4
.RE
.RS
6
.RE

.RS
$ loop 2 10 2 2
.RE
.RS
02
.RE
.RS
04
.RE
.RS
06
.RE
.RS
08
.RE
.RS
10
.RE

.RS
$ # Create 10 test files, 'test01' through 'test10'
.RE
.RS
$ for i in `loop 1 10 1 2`; do touch test$i; done
.RE

.RS
$ loop -x -8 8 4 8
.RE
.RS
FFFFFFF8
.RE
.RS
FFFFFFFC
.RE
.RS
00000000
.RE
.RS
00000004
.RE
.RS
00000008
.RE

.RS
$ loop 4 0 -1
.RE
.RS
4
.RE
.RS
3
.RE
.RS
2
.RE
.RS
1
.RE
.RS
0
.RE
.SH AUTHOR
Murray Nesbitt (websrc AT nesbitt.ca)