On 22/03/2025 12:36, Nicolas Boichat wrote:
Hi,Version: seq (GNU coreutils) 9.6; OS: Archlinux, x86-64 When adding `-w` parameter, we want numbers to be padded with leading 0s, e.g. this looks correct: $ seq -w 0 5 10 00 05 10 However, the behaviour is perhaps incorrect when the last printed number magnitude is lower than the last parameter, e.g: $ seq -w 0 6 10 00 06 would probably be more correct with this output: 0 6 The manual makes no promise about this ("Print all numbers with the same width, by padding with leading zeros"), but it's still a bit odd to add a superfluous 0. Also, it is especially confusing because, on the other hand, the precision of the last parameter is ignored, as if it was just a bound that played no role in formatting: $ seq 0 5 10.00001 0 5 10 While $ seq 0.0000 5 10 0.0000 5.0000 10.0000 Side note, a solution would also need to make sure that this still works: $ seq -w 0 5 12 00 05 10
Yes we could do better here,though there are many edge cases as you've noted. I suspect though that -w currently suffices for the vast majority of cases it's needed for. thanks, Pádraig
