Frederik Eaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> $ sort -k 1,1R -k 3n
> foo    1
> foo    2
> foo    3
> bar    1
> bar    2
> bar    3
> baz    1
> baz    2
> baz    3

OK, now I see.  Thanks.  You want to sort via a random permutation of
the keys, BUT you also want identical keys to sort together.  This
combination cannot be done simply by adding a separate "permute"
program that doesn't know about keys.


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