Re: sort: bug in handling of -k r.s,x.y

[Andreas Schwab]

address@hidden (Walter Belgers) writes:

|> Hi,
|> 
|> I think I've found a bug in sort. When using the field.character
|> notation in the -k option, all works fine when sorting the first field.
|> However, for fields 2 and up, specifying a begin and end character
|> within the field does not work correctly.

No, the results are correct.  From SUS2:

A field comprises a maximal sequence of non-separating characters and, in
the absence of option -t, any preceding field separator.
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Andreas.

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