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sort -nu
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2004 |
Subject: |
sort -nu |
Date: |
Sat, 9 Oct 2004 10:46:32 -0500 (CDT) |
Although not a bug, sort's documentation might be wise to explicitly
mention that -u's behaviour is effected by options like -n. The following
example was not what I expected, though I now understand why. -u's
behaviour being effected by other options is powerful if understood, but
dangerous if not. Thanks a million for all your efforts, GNU!
# sort -n -u < example_input |wc
26 52 750
# sort -n < example_input | sort -u |wc
219 438 6230
example_input
Description: Text document