Bug in sort

[Evert van Steenbergen]

Working with sort using option -n gives unpredictable results. All three following sort commands give wrong (unexpected) results: sort -oout.out +0.7 -0.10 +0.94 -0.99n sort.txt sort -oout.out +0.7 -0.10 +0.94 -0.99 -n sort.txt sort -oout.out +0.7 -0.10 -n +0.94 -0.99 sort.txt   The command is supposed to sort the file first on columns 8-10 and within columns 8-10 on columns 95-99. Using option -g instead of -n, seems to work correct.   I am working with Linux Red Hat 6.2 and sort version:   >sort --version sort (GNU textutils) 2.0a Written by Mike Haertel.   Institute for Pig Genetics bv Evert van Steenbergen Schoenaker 6 6641 SZ Beuningen Tel: (024) 677 99 99 Fax. (024) 677 98 00