Simon Oosthoek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2004-03-01 11:29 AM Long Description > When sorting the data below (which is already sorted by sort) using "sort > -n" which should numerically sort on the first column (equiv to sort -n > -k 1) > gives inconsistent output w.r.t numbers with missing digits.
If you want to sort on the first colum, you should use -k1,1. Otherwise the whole line is taking part in the sorting. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE Linux AG, Maxfeldstra�e 5, 90409 N�rnberg, Germany Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
