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[src/trunk]: src/usr.bin/jot Document the default values for options in a way...
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/8bc0a1c6a236
branches: trunk
changeset: 971475:8bc0a1c6a236
user: simonb <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Sat Apr 25 11:11:33 2020 +0000
description:
Document the default values for options in a way that hopefully makes
much more sense.
diffstat:
usr.bin/jot/jot.1 | 13 ++++++++-----
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diffs (48 lines):
diff -r cdfbaca84e03 -r 8bc0a1c6a236 usr.bin/jot/jot.1
--- a/usr.bin/jot/jot.1 Sat Apr 25 11:03:04 2020 +0000
+++ b/usr.bin/jot/jot.1 Sat Apr 25 11:11:33 2020 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: jot.1,v 1.16 2018/06/25 14:29:17 christos Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: jot.1,v 1.17 2020/04/25 11:11:33 simonb Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)jot.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\"
-.Dd June 25, 2018
+.Dd April 25, 2020
.Dt JOT 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
.Nm jot
utility is used to print out increasing, decreasing, random,
or redundant data (usually numbers) one per line.
+The default is to produce sequential data.
.Pp
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width indent
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@
conversion following
.Fl w .
.It Fl r
-Generate random data instead of sequential data, the default.
+Generate random data.
.It Fl s Ar string
Print data separated by
.Ar string .
@@ -120,8 +121,10 @@
.Ar end
are given.
.Pp
-Defaults for the four arguments are, respectively,
-100, 1, 100, and 1, except that when random data are requested,
+When sequential data are requested the defaults for the four arguments
+are 100 data, a lower bound of 1, an upper bound of 100 and a step size
+of 1.
+When random data are requested
.Ar s
defaults to a seed depending upon the time of day.
.Ar reps
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