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.
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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:
