Re: [PATCH 3/3] doc: mention `numfmt` as an alternative to `sort -h`

On 03/04/2013 01:58 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > +Note also the @command{numfmt} command, which can be used to reformat > +numbers to human format @emph{after} the sort, thus allowing sort > +to operate on posibly more accurate numbers. s/posibly/possibly/ Have a nice day, Berny

Re: potential feature addition to coreutils' sort.c: print at most N lines

Pádraig, Thanks for the pointers. I am slowly making my way through sort.c, and preparing a patch; I estimate I'll have something ready in a few days or weeks. One final question before I go make this thing, regarding the thread conversation you included from 2004, in which Philippe De Muyter su