-.\" $OpenBSD: jot.1,v 1.23 2016/08/12 21:49:31 tb Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: jot.1,v 1.24 2021/08/13 07:59:04 martijn Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: jot.1,v 1.2 1994/11/14 20:27:36 jtc Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1993
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.\" @(#)jot.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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-.Dd $Mdocdate: August 12 2016 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: August 13 2021 $
.Dt JOT 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Op Fl s Ar string
.Op Fl w Ar word
.Oo Ar reps Oo Ar begin Oo Ar end
-.Oo Ar s Oc Oc Oc Oc
+.Oo Ar step Oc Oc Oc Oc
.Ek
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
.Ar begin ,
.Ar end ,
and
-.Ar s
+.Ar step
are 100, 1, 100, and 1, respectively.
Omitted values are computed if possible or assume the default.
A special case arises if only
is greater than
.Ar end
then
-.Ar s
+.Ar step
is set to \(mi1, otherwise it is set to 1;
afterwards
.Ar reps
Historical versions of
.Nm
used
-.Ar s
+.Ar step
to seed the random number generator.
This is no longer supported.
The name