[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#9281: closed (Is this expected behavior?)

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> Is this expected behavior?
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> Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:01:38 +0530
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> Hi,
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>     I got a strange ordering when I applied the linux sort command. Please see below for the details:
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> address@hidden tmp]$ cat a
> .a
> ba
> .b
> bb
> .c
> bc
> address@hidden tmp]$ sort a
> .a
> .b
> ba
> bb
> bc
> .c
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> NOTE: .a and .b appears before ba and bb, where as .c appears after bc.
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> In general 
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> if the file has strings of the type .<x> and <y><x>, 
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> then for all x <= y, .x appear before yx and 
>           for all x>y, .x appear after yx
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> Is this expected behavior?
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> Regards
> Ajesh
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> Re: bug#9281: Is this expected behavior?
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> On 08/11/2011 12:31 AM, Ajesh Shaj wrote:
> > Hi,
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> >      I got a strange ordering when I applied the linux sort command. Please see 
> > below for the details:
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> > address@hidden tmp]$ sort a
> > .a
> > .b
> > ba
> > bb
> > bc
> > .c
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> > NOTE: .a and .b appears before ba and bb, where as .c appears after bc.
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> > Is this expected behavior?
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> Yep.  And this is a FAQ, caused by you using a locale that ignores 
> punctuation when determining sort order.
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> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#Sort-does-not-sort-in-normal-order_0021
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> If you are using new enough coreutils, try:
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> sort --debug a
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> for better understanding what is happening, then compare to:
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> LC_ALL=C sort --debug a
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> (if your sort doesn't understand --debug, then it is still useful to try 
> LC_ALL=C sort a).
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