ports/88391: New port: misc/loop is a shell programming utility that prints to stdout a series of numbers from `start' to `end'

[Murray Nesbitt]

Sam Lawrance wrote:
> Synopsis: New port: misc/loop is a shell programming utility that prints to stdout a series of numbers from `start' to `end'
> 
> State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
> State-Changed-By: lawrance
> State-Changed-When: Thu Nov 3 05:11:22 GMT 2005
> State-Changed-Why: 
> Can this utility do anything that can not be done using jot(1)?

Hmm, not really, I guess.  The syntax is arguably more straightforward 
than jot (closer to gnu 'seq', but it can do more than that utility--hex 
and octal output, for example).  To print the range 1-20 with this 
utility is 'loop 1 20', whereas with jot it's 'jot 20 1'.

I think it's possible to use this utility without reading the man page, 
which I can't say for jot.  Could just be me.

Murray