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NAME
       loop -  prints to stdout a series of numbers from `start' to `end'

SYNOPSIS
       loop [ -o ] [ -x ]

DESCRIPTION
       loop prints to stdout a series of numbers from `start' (arg 1) to `end'
       (arg 2), with optional increment (arg 3) and zero-padded field width
       (arg 4).  Hex (-x) or octal (-o) output formats are available.
       Negative numbers are allowed, and a negative `increment' does the
       expected thing.

OPTIONS
       -o     Output numbers in octal

       -x     Output numbers in hexadecimal

EXAMPLES
              $ loop 1 3
              1
              2
              3

              $ loop 2 6 2
              2
              4
              6

              $ loop 2 10 2 2
              02
              04
              06
              08
              10

              $ # Create 10 test files, 'test01' through 'test10'
              $ for i in `loop 1 10 1 2`; do touch test$i; done

              $ loop -x -8 8 4 8
              FFFFFFF8
              FFFFFFFC
              00000000
              00000004
              00000008

              $ loop 4 0 -1
              4
              3
              2
              1
              0

AUTHOR
       Murray Nesbitt (websrc@nesbitt.ca)

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