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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.

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

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