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USAGE

range [OPTIONS] START_INTEGER END_INTEGER [INCREMENT_INTEGER]

SYNOPSIS

range is a simple utility for shell scripts that emits a list of integers starting with the first command line argument and ending with the last integer command line argument. It is a subset of functionality found in the Unix seq command.

If the first argument is greater than the last then it counts down otherwise it counts up.

OPTIONS

-e  The ending integer.
-end    The ending integer.
-h  display help
-help   display help
-i  The non-zero integer increment value.
-increment  The non-zero integer increment value.
-l  display license
-license    display license
-r  Pick a range value from range
-random Pick a range value from range
-s  The starting integer.
-start  The starting integer.
-v  display version
-version    display version

EXAMPLES

	range 1 5

Yields 1 2 3 4 5

	range -- -2 6

Yields -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

	range -increment=2 2 10

Yields 2 4 6 8 10

	range 10 1

Yields 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

	range -r 0 10

Yields a random integer from 0 to 10

range v0.0.15