bug#26279: sort bug

2017-03-30 Thread Ismael Cama
Oh! Okay! I didn't know that '>' operator works like this. I didn't know either "sponge" command. Thank you very much guys! 2017-03-28 18:06 GMT+02:00 Bishop Bettini : > On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 7:13 AM, Ismael Cama > > >> wrote: >> >> >

bug#26279: sort bug

2017-03-28 Thread Bishop Bettini
> > On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 7:13 AM, Ismael Cama > > wrote: > > > When you try to sort a file and write the result in the same file, all > the > > contents are deleted. Example: > > > > sort foo.txt > foo.txt > > > On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Michael Speer

bug#26279: sort bug

2017-03-28 Thread Michael Speer
This isn't a bug in sort. The ">" redirection operator in your shell opens and truncates the file to ready it for output before your shell invokes sort. After sort starts running and opens and reads the foo.txt file, it finds that empty file and outputs nothing, as you would expect if you had

bug#26279: sort bug

2017-03-28 Thread Reuti
Hi, > Am 28.03.2017 um 13:13 schrieb Ismael Cama : > > When you try to sort a file and write the result in the same file, all the > contents are deleted. Example: > > sort foo.txt > foo.txt This happens as the bash opens and resets the output before anything is

bug#26279: sort bug

2017-03-28 Thread Ismael Cama
When you try to sort a file and write the result in the same file, all the contents are deleted. Example: sort foo.txt > foo.txt