Name
jot
Synopsis
jot [option
] [repetitions
[begin [end [seed]]]]
Generates a list of random or sequential data
repetitions
lines long. Sequential lists
start from the number given in the begin
value and finish with the end
value.
Random data is generated using the seed value
seed
.
Options
-
-b
word
Print
word
only.-
-c
Print ASCII character equivalents instead of numbers.
-
-n
Don’t print a trailing newline character at the end of the list.
-
-p
precision
Print the data using the number of digits or characters specified by the number
precision
.-
-r
Generate random data.
jot
generates sequential data by default.-
-s
string
Print the list separated by
string
instead of by newlines, the default.-
-w
word
Print
word
along with the other generated data.
Examples
Return a list of sequentially numbered names:
$ jot -w box- 20 1 20
Return the ASCII values of numbers 43 to 52:
$ jot -c 10 43 52
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