Shell:seq, Shell:set – Dell Acceleration Appliances for Databases User Manual

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shell:seq

Generates a sequence of numbers, or pattern-formatted strings. For a detailed discussion of
format strings usable with the

--format

option, see

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Formatter

Syntax

shell:seq [options] last

Options

--first

or

–f

<integer>

First number to generate (default is 1)

--first-letter

or

–fl

<char>

First letter to generate (implies

–-letter

)

--increment

or

–i

<integer>

Amount to add to the sequence (default is 1)

--hex

or

–x

Format numbers as hex (return strings).

--octal

Format numbers as octal.

--binary

or

–b

Format numbers as binary.

--letter

or

–l

Change generated numbers to letters, where 1 is ’a’, 2 is ’b’, etc.

--uppercase

or

–u

Generated uppercase letters (implies

--letter

).

--format

<string>

Formatting string following Java’s

String.format

rules

--down

or

–d

Count down, instead of up.

(See

help –-all

for details on all other options.)

Arguments

last

Last number or string to generate; or number of letters when the

--letter

option is used

shell:set

Sets a flag in the current environment.

Syntax

shell:set [options] setting value

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