hi, doesnt it seem to be fine?
> Just noticed this > > cpu% cat tmp/sorttest > 2 > 7 > 2.1 > 2.1.4 > 2.1.1 > cpu% sort tmp/sorttest > 2 > 2.1 > 2.1.1 > 2.1.4 > 7 ------> sorts the string values > cpu% sort -u tmp/sorttest > 2 > 2.1 > 2.1.1 > 2.1.4 > 7 ------> sorts the string values and removes any duplicates (none here) > cpu% sort -n tmp/sorttest > 2 > 2.1 > 2.1.4 > 2.1.1 > 7 -----> sorts the numeric values (which is an integer or floating-point value of format x.y) In this case 2.1.4 is treated as 2.1 (ignores second "." and following characters) > cpu% sort -n -u tmp/sorttest > 2 > 2.1 > 7 ----> sorts the numeric values (which is an integer or floating-point value of format x.y) and removes any duplicates. In this case, 2.1, 2.1.4 and 2.1.1 are all 2.1, so removes duplicates. or, am i missing something? thanks dharani
