On 27-02-2018, at 08h 36'51", Greg Wooledge wrote about "Re: sort (-g) [offtopic]" > > Did I miss anything? > > Well, this program certainly is ... unusual. Doesn't just *work* by > default. No examples in the man page. Anyway, it looks like you > forgot to specify numeric comparison. > > wooledg:~$ printf %s\\n III IX IV V X VII VI VIII | msort -q -w -l -c N -y any > III > IV > V > VI > VII > VIII > IX > X
Yes, you mean the -c. I supposed that if I use the -y option then -c would be implied. But you are right that this is an unusual piece of code... Ionel