By the way, you can get the other behavior with the --stable option.
>From `info sort':
Finally, as a last resort when all keys compare equal (or if no
ordering options were specified at all), `sort' compares the entire
lines. The last resort comparison honors the `--reverse' (`-r') global
option. The `--stable' (`-s') option disables this last-resort
comparison so that lines in which all fields compare equal are left in
their original relative order. If no fields or global options are
specified, `--stable' (`-s') has no effect.
Hmm... I've just noticed that there isn't an entry in the texinfo
documentation describing that option. Yet another item for the TODO list :-)
Hendrik Visage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there, below is a "issue" I would believe that sort should
> handle "correctly" as per the xpg4 versions, not the SVR4 version
> of sort (Or is that POSIX correct") to take -k 1,1 as the whole line.
> Is there a way to force sort to handle -k 1,1 the same way as -k 2,2??
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