Jim Meyering wrote:
Thanks for the report. What does this print for you?
$ printf 'rs1635242,25\nrs165179,17\n'|sort -t, -k1.3,1.99n rs165179,17 rs1635242,25 $ sort --version sort (GNU coreutils) 5.97 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert. $ locale LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8 LC_CTYPE="en_NZ.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="en_NZ.UTF-8" LC_TIME="en_NZ.UTF-8" LC_COLLATE="en_NZ.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="en_NZ.UTF-8" LC_MESSAGES="en_NZ.UTF-8" LC_PAPER="en_NZ.UTF-8" LC_NAME="en_NZ.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="en_NZ.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="en_NZ.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT="en_NZ.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_NZ.UTF-8" LC_ALL= FWIW, other similar commands: $ printf 'rs1635242,25\nrs165179,1\n'|sort -t, -k1.3,1.99n rs165179,1 rs1635242,25 $ printf 'rs1635242,2\nrs165179,17\n'|sort -t, -k1.3,1.99n rs1635242,2 rs165179,17 Hope this helps, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
