######################################################### Ubuntu 11.04 2.6.38-11-generic-pae
sort --version sort (GNU coreutils) 8.5 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert. ########################################################## I created two testing files: File_A and File_B. cat File_A . BAD. sort File_A . BAD. cat File_B .s BAD.s sort File_B BAD.s .s So basically, appending a letter after ‘.’ would reverse the sort order. That doesn't look quite right. Is there an explanation for this behavior? I've tried the same on a Mac, and their sort (5.93) woks just fine. I've also tried set LC_ALL='C'. Just in case it's a funky locale problem, but didn't make a difference. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/sort-8.5-bug--tp32503840p32503840.html Sent from the Gnu - Coreutils - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
