Re: sort bug ?

[Eric Blake]

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According to Tanguy Urvoy on 10/10/2006 6:19 AM:
> address@hidden data]$ cat > sort.buggy
> zogzog tralala
> zogzogzog zogzog
> zogzog zulu
> address@hidden data]$ sort -k1 sort.buggy
> zogzog tralala
> zogzogzog zogzog
> zogzog zulu

Probably not a bug in sort, but a gap in your understanding.
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#Sort-does-not-sort-in-normal-order_0021

Try 'LC_ALL=C sort -k1 sort.buggy' for the behavior you seem to be wanting.

> address@hidden data]$ sort --version
> sort (GNU coreutils) 5.96

For what it's worth, the latest stable version is now at 6.3.

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