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JOT(1)									JOT(1)

NAME
       jot - print sequential or random data

SYNOPSIS
       jot [ options ] [ reps [ begin [ end [ s ] ] ] ]

DESCRIPTION
       Jot  is	used to print out increasing, decreasing, random, or redundant
       data, usually numbers, one per line.  The  options  are	understood  as
       follows.

       -r     Generate random data instead of sequential data, the default.

       -b word
	      Just print word repetitively.

       -w word
	      Print word with the generated data appended to it.  Octal, hexa‐
	      decimal, exponential, ASCII,  zero  padded,  and	right-adjusted
	      representations  are possible by using the appropriate printf(3)
	      conversion specification inside word, in which case the data are
	      inserted rather than appended.

       -c     This is an abbreviation for -w %c.

       -s string
	      Print  data  separated  by  string.  Normally, newlines separate
	      data.

       -n     Do not print the final newline normally appended to the output.

       -p precision
	      Print only as many digits or characters of the data as indicated
	      by  the  integer precision.  In the absence of -p, the precision
	      is the greater of the precisions	of  begin  and	end.   The  -p
	      option  is overridden by whatever appears in a printf(3) conver‐
	      sion following -w.

       The last four arguments indicate, respectively, the number of data, the
       lower  bound,  the  upper bound, and the step size or, for random data,
       the seed.  While at least one of them must appear,  any	of  the	 other
       three  may  be  omitted,	 and will be considered as such if given as -.
       Any three of these arguments determines the fourth.  If four are speci‐
       fied  and  the  given  and  computed values of reps conflict, the lower
       value is used.	If  fewer  than	 three	are  specified,	 defaults  are
       assigned	 left to right, except for s, which assumes its default unless
       both begin and end are given.

       Defaults for the four arguments are, respectively, 100, 1, 100, and  1,
       except  that  when  random  data	 are  requested,  s defaults to a seed
       depending upon the time of day.	Reps is expected  to  be  an  unsigned
       integer,	 and  if given as zero is taken to be infinite.	 Begin and end
       may be given as real numbers or as characters representing  the	corre‐
       sponding value in ASCII.	 The last argument must be a real number.

       Random numbers are obtained through random(3).  The name jot derives in
       part from iota, a function in APL.

EXAMPLES
       The command

	      jot   21	 -1   1.00

       prints 21 evenly spaced numbers increasing from -1  to  1.   The	 ASCII
       character set is generated with

	      jot   -c	 128   0

       and the strings xaa through xaz with

	      jot   -w	 xa%c	26   a

       while 20 random 8-letter strings are produced with

	      jot   -r	 -c   160   a	z   |	rs   -g	  0   8

       Infinitely many yes's may be obtained through

	      jot   -b	 yes   0

       and thirty ed(1) substitution commands applying to lines 2, 7, 12, etc.
       is the result of

	      jot   -w	 %ds/old/new/	30   2	 -   5

       The stuttering sequence 9, 9, 8, 8, 7, etc. can be produced by suitable
       choice of precision and step size, as in

	      jot   0	9   -	-.5

       and a file containing exactly 1024 bytes is created with

	      jot   -b	 x   512   >   block

       Finally, to set tabs four spaces apart starting from column 10 and end‐
       ing in column 132, use

	      expand   -`jot   -s,   -	 10   132   4`

       and to print all lines 80 characters or longer,

	      grep   `jot   -s	 ""   -b   .   80`

SEE ALSO
       ed(1), expand(1), rs(1), yes(1), printf(3), random(3), expand(1)

4th Berkeley Distribution	 June 6, 1993				JOT(1)
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