I'm using the sort program on RedHat 6.1, Linux 2.2.12-20smp distribution.
The sort program behaves weird.
The problem is illustrated as below:
> uname -a
Linux piper 2.2.12-20smp #1 SMP Mon Sep 27 10:34:45 EDT 1999 i686 unknown
> which sort
/bin/sort
> cat doo
AC
+C
> sort doo
AC
+C
> cat foo
A
+
> sort foo
+
A
It seems like the "sort doo" isn't doing what it's supposed to
do.
Daben
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