Joerg Schilling wrote, on 05 Jul 2021: > > "Robert Elz via austin-group-l at The Open Group" > <austin-group-l@opengroup.org> wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2021 18:04:59 +0200 > > From: "Joerg Schilling via austin-group-l at The Open Group" > > <austin-group-l@opengroup.org> > > Message-ID: <20210705160459.e40cs%sch...@schily.net> > > > > | How do you believe is -S related to what -s could probably do? > > > > The -S under discussion is simply !-s (as -s is !-S) - switches between > > stable sort (-s), using only designated keys to make order decisions, > > and original sort (-S) fallback to full record comparisons. > > That would be in conflict with long existing practice.... > > If you like to disable -s, better use +s
That wouldn't be suitable for standardisation as it doesn't follow syntax guideline 4. The standard would need to use a different letter, maybe -F for "fully sorted", or -l/-L for "last resort", or -w/-W for "whole line". -- Geoff Clare <g.cl...@opengroup.org> The Open Group, Apex Plaza, Forbury Road, Reading, RG1 1AX, England
