Linux seq Command

What is Linux seq Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use seq command in Linux. seq command is seq - print a sequence of numbers.

seq Syntax#

seq [OPTION]... LAST
seq [OPTION]... FIRST LAST
seq [OPTION]... FIRST INCREMENT LAST

seq Examples#

seq Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of seq command. seq command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for seq command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man seq

To open info page for seq command we can use command below.

info seq

To open help page from seq command we can run command below.

seq --help

Linux seq Command Source Code#

You can find seq command source code from the folowing repositories:

• seq source code on GitHub
• seq source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• seq source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use seq in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.