On Mon, May 09, 2016 at 08:30:51AM +0200, demerphq wrote: > > - perl -le 'print for $ARGV[0]..$ARGV[1]' -- "$@" > > + test_seq_counter__=$1 > > + while test "$test_seq_counter__" -le $2 > > + do > > + echo "$test_seq_counter__" > > + test_seq_counter__=$((test_seq_counter__ + 1)) > > + done > > } > > Is that perl snippet ever called with non-numeric output? > > perl -le 'print for $ARGV[0]..$ARGV[1]' -- A E > A > B > C > D > E
I had that thought, too, but I think it would be an error to do so. test_seq is supposed to be a replacement for "seq", which does not understand non-numeric sequences. A quick "git grep test_seq" seems to back that up. -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
