Hi,
The following:
sort < mifluz.dict -t ' ' -k 2n,2n > mifluz.dict.sorted
fails when mifluz.dict is large enough to trigger the use of
temporary files. Each temporary file is properly sorted by the resulting
output is *not* sorted numerically on the second field.
This bug only shows in textu
The sort utility program (written by Mike Haertel) that
came with my Red Hat LInux 6.2 (obtained about April 2000) and that is part of
the GNU textutils 2.0a (December 1999) seems to have a fundamental
flaw.
When the 'n' (for numeric) option is used either globally (as
'-n') or for a par
