[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>On Fri, 10 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>I could forgive myself if I hadn't just answered an 'ls doesn't sort
>>right question' about two minutes before the above. But then I did:
>>
>>export LC_LOCATE=C
>>awk -f simple.awk sample.txt
>>
>>Weird, same errors... :/
>>(note stupid syntax error).
>>
>
>I'm lonely so I'll reply to my own post:
>
>Technically not a *syntax* error...
>
>civileme:
>  Do all these utilities (grep, awk, sed, etc) implement their own
>  sort routines internally? 
>
>
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Yes, see

http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=1093&lang=en

The trick is to use [:lower:] and [:upper:] type constructs to stay independent of 
LANG and LC_COLLATE variables--(I think you need to set both otherwise)

Civileme



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