Michael Hyde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > seq 1 0 2 > > produces a never-ending sequences of 1's. Shouldn't it just exit with > an error message?
In general, it's hard to predict ahead of time whether "seq" will terminate. It's not equivalent to the halting problem, but it's harder than it sounds. It might be better to let sleeping dogs lie. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils