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        !             3: from                         Command                         from
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        !             8: Generate list of numbers
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        !            10: ffrroomm _s_t_a_r_t ttoo _s_t_o_p [ bbyy _i_n_c_r ]
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        !            12: from prints  a list of  integers on the standard  output, one per
        !            13: line.  It prints beginning with start, and then prints successive
        !            14: numbers incrementing by  incr (default, one) the previous number.
        !            15: It continues  until the generated value  matches or exceeds stop.
        !            16: Each of start, stop, and  optional incr is a decimal integer with
        !            17: an optional leading `-' sign.
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        !            19: Typical uses  of from  include generating  a file of  numbers and
        !            20: generating a loop index  for the shell sh.  The following example
        !            21: creates special files for eight terminal ports:
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        !            24: for i in `from 0 to 7`
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        !            26:         /etc/mknod /dev/tty3$i c 3 $i
        !            27: done
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        !            30: ***** See Also *****
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        !            32: commands, sh
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        !            34: ***** Diagnostics *****
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        !            36: from prints an error message if the generated list is empty.
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        !            64: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 1
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