[Bug 135475] [patch] jot(1) manpage and behaviour differ

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=135475

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Author: 0mp
Date: Sat Sep 21 15:01:12 UTC 2019
New revision: 352578
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/352578

Log:
  jot.1: Explain default argument values more precisely

  The way jot(1) defaults missing arguments doesn't match the behaviour
  described in the manpage, which states that with fewer than 3 arguments
  missing values are supplied from left to right.

  In fact, with one or two arguments, the last (s which is step size or seed)
  defaults to 1 (or -1 if begin and end specify a descending range), and then
  omitted arguments are set to default starting with the leftmost until three
  arguments are available.

  This is why `jot 2 1000` prints 1000 and 1001 instead of 1000 and 100.

  PR:           135475
  Submitted by: Jonathan McKeown <j.mckeown at ru.ac.za>
  Approved by:  doc (bcr)
  Differential Revision:        https://reviews.freebsd.org/D21736
  Event:                EuroBSDcon 2019

Changes:
  head/usr.bin/jot/jot.1

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