Re: bug report, sort command

[Bob Proulx]

Peter Alefounder wrote:
> The sort command ignores the characters # & % = _ and, for all I know,
> other characters as well. Looks like it is acting as if I had used
> the -d option, which I had not.

That does sound like it matches a common pattern.  Please see this FAQ
entry for more information.

  http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html

> I set LC_ALL=C as suggested in the man page. The sort command
> under my previous system, SuSE 9.1, worked as I would expect.

Did setting LC_ALL=C resolve the problem?  Or did it not?

Bob