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sort ignores underscores (_)???
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kj |
Subject: |
sort ignores underscores (_)??? |
Date: |
Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:58:57 +0000 (UTC) |
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nn/6.7.3 |
sort behaves erratically with underscores:
% ( echo _c; echo __; echo _a ) | sort
__
_a
_c
Here, __ < _a, which implies that _ < a, but
% ( echo _cc; echo __b; echo _ac ) | sort
_ac
__b
_cc
Now _ac < __b < _cc, which implies that a < _.
How can I get sort to treat _ consistently? (I don't have a strong
preference for either _ < a or a < _ as long as it is consistent.)
TIA!
kj
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NOTE: In my address everything before the first period is backwards;
and the last period, and everything after it, should be discarded.
- sort ignores underscores (_)???,
kj <=