but the macports idea is good!

#!/bin/bash
# marks rude seq replacement for osx.

# set -ex

method=1

case ${method} in
1)
# a simple bash script:
if [ $# -eq 2 ]
then
let from=”$1″;
let to=”$2″;
let step=1
elif [ $# -eq 1 ]
then
let from=”0″;
let to=”$1″;
let step=1
elif [ $# -eq 3 ]
then
let from=”$1″
let to=”$3″
let step=”$2″
else
echo “USAGE: seq [num from] [[num step]] [num to]”
exit 1;
fi

while [ $from -le $to ]
do
printf “$from \n”;
from=$[$from+$step]
done
;;
2)
# Using the jot command:

if [ $# -eq 2 ]
then
let numstep=`expr ‘(’ $2 - $1 + 1 ‘)’ `
jot $numstep $1 $2
elif [ $# -eq 3 ]
then
let numstep=`expr ‘(’ $3 - $1 + 1 ‘)’ / $2 `
let to=`expr $3 - ‘(’ ‘(’ $3 - $1 + 1 ‘)’ % $numstep ‘)’ `
jot ${numstep} $1 $to
else
echo “USAGE: seq [num from] [[num step]] [num to]”
exit 1;
fi
;;
esac

jot -w %02x 255 0

(printing hexadecimal numbers 00 .. ff) seq needs a composite command:

seq 0 255 | xargs -n1 printf “%02x\n”

neat!

Nice try with that shell, Markus. It would work for maybe 80% of uses, but would fail for the rest.

]]> http://scruss.com/blog/2008/02/08/seq-for-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-96442 markus Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:04:13 +0000 http://scruss.com/blog/2008/02/08/seq-for-os-x/#comment-96442 Hi, agreed, it bothers me too.... so much did i want this functionality without needing to do darwin ports ... and having seen your recent post on this topic, i've just knocked together a 2 min bash script to add this functionality without actually installing anything, i just made this script and called it /usr/bin/seq chmod +x /usr/bin/seq and i'm good to go.. ... i also hope this posts ok.... i have a feeling it may get filtered by the forum... maybe you can figure it out again #!/bin/bash # marks rude seq replacement for osx. if [ $# -eq 2 ] then let from="$1"; let to="$2"; elif [ $# -eq 1 ] then let from="0"; let to="$1"; else echo "USAGE: seq [num from] [num to]" exit 1; fi while [ $from -lt $to ] do printf "$from "; from=$[$from+1] done printf "$from "; Hi, agreed, it bothers me too…. so much did i want this functionality without needing to do darwin ports … and having seen your recent post on this topic, i’ve just knocked together a 2 min bash script to add this functionality without actually installing anything,

i just made this script and called it /usr/bin/seq
chmod +x /usr/bin/seq
and i’m good to go..

… i also hope this posts ok…. i have a feeling it may get filtered by the forum… maybe you can figure it out again

#!/bin/bash
# marks rude seq replacement for osx.

if [ $# -eq 2 ]
then
let from=”$1″;
let to=”$2″;
elif [ $# -eq 1 ]
then
let from=”0″;
let to=”$1″;
else
echo “USAGE: seq [num from] [num to]”
exit 1;
fi

while [ $from -lt $to ]
do
printf “$from “;
from=$[$from+1]
done
printf “$from “;