Michael Alston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Question:
Did the options for the Unix sort command change?
Yes. Some time ago.
Why does:
% sort -5 myfile
no longer sort myfile by keying off of column 5?
That precise syntax never worked.
However, syntax like this used to be the norm
Which website does the best job of presenting usage examples for the sort
command, for a non-CS major?
You can start with the examples in info coreutils sort.
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for the Unix sort command change?
Which website does the best job of presenting usage examples for the
sort command, for a non-CS major?
You can start with the examples in info coreutils sort.
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Michael Alston wrote:
This info coreutils help feature is very informative, on the sort
command and many others.
...
What else have I been in the dark about?
You might find the GNU standards manual interesting reading.
Question:
Did the options for the Unix sort command change?
Why does:
% sort -5 myfile
no longer sort myfile by keying off of column 5?
Thx,
MikeA
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According to Michael Alston on 8/14/2008 6:42 PM:
Question:
Did the options for the Unix sort command change?
No. GNU sort has never accepted a digit as an option, nor does POSIX
require it:
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399