range.md

range

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.

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

USAGE

    range [OPTIONS] STARTING_INTEGER ENDING_INTEGER [INCREMENT_INTEGER]

EXAMPLES

• Count from one through five: range 1 5
• Count from negative two to six: range -- -2 6
• Count even number from two to ten: range --increment=2 2 10
• Count down from ten to one: range 10 1
• Pick a value from a range: range -r 0 10

OPTIONS

• -e, --end The ending integer (e.g. 10)
• -h, --help Display this help document.
• -i, --increment The non-zero integer value to increment by (e.g. 1 or -1)
• -s, --start The starting integer (e.g. 1)
• -r, --random Pick a random element from a range