Document the default values for options in a way that hopefully makes

much more sense.
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.\" $NetBSD: jot.1,v 1.16 2018/06/25 14:29:17 christos Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: jot.1,v 1.17 2020/04/25 11:11:33 simonb Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
.\" @(#)jot.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\"
.Dd June 25, 2018
.Dd April 25, 2020
.Dt JOT 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
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.Nm jot
utility is used to print out increasing, decreasing, random,
or redundant data (usually numbers) one per line.
The default is to produce sequential data.
.Pp
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width indent
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conversion following
.Fl w .
.It Fl r
Generate random data instead of sequential data, the default.
Generate random data.
.It Fl s Ar string
Print data separated by
.Ar string .
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.Ar end
are given.
.Pp
Defaults for the four arguments are, respectively,
100, 1, 100, and 1, except that when random data are requested,
When sequential data are requested the defaults for the four arguments
are 100 data, a lower bound of 1, an upper bound of 100 and a step size
of 1.
When random data are requested
.Ar s
defaults to a seed depending upon the time of day.
.Ar reps