Jorge Infante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes in <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2005-08/msg00034.html>:
> I'm running: > join -t "|" -j 1 -a 2 file1 file2 > The result is: > 163|reg000524 > I have a record with value "163" in file2. > Is a bug? No, because join assumes that the input is sorted lexicographically. Your input was sorted numerically, which is a different thing. Perhaps "join" should have an option to assume numeric sort, but that would be an enhancement. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
