Recently my coreutils package upgraded from version 5.2.1 to version
5.94. With the new version, specifying columnar offsets on the command
line no longer works. For example, here is a tes with the old and new
versions, sorting on the second column (skip 1 column). (Using
/dev/null since the file contents really don't matter.):
Old version:
$ sort --version
sort (coreutils) 5.2.1
Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert.
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There
is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
$ sort +1.0 /dev/null
$
New version:
$ sort --version
sort (GNU coreutils) 5.94
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the
terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert.
$ sort +1.0 /dev/null
sort: open failed: +1.0: No such file or directory
$
So is this a bug, or do I just need to learn the new way of specifying
column offsets? I'm suspecting the latter, but would appreciate some
illumination.
Thanks,
-John
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John Eisenmenger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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