Paul Eggert wrote:
Matthew Woehlke writes:
Paul Eggert wrote:
Matthew Woehlke writes:
Paul Eggert wrote:
Matthew Woehlke writes:
'-N _options_, --numeric-sort=_options_'
The other sort options can be attached to -k; how would this work
here?
Sorry, I'm not sure I understand what you mean by this comment. What
would be attached to -k, and how?
For example, "sort -k2,2n -k3,3g" says sort numerically in column 2,
breaking ties with a general numeric sort in column 3.
Ok, but how would I sort these?
2006-11-06 13:20:15
2006-11-05 12:18:04
2006-11-06 13:20:37
2005-04-01 01:01:01
...see where the number of args to '-k' quickly gets out of hand?
Sure, but my point was not that the new options can be implemented
with -k. It is that there needs to be some way to attach the new
options to particular keys. That is, one would like to sort with
your new -Nr option just on these two keys, and then sort with
some other options on other keys.
Ok, I get it... sorry for the confusion. IOW it needs to be recognized
both on its own and by -k. Now that I understand what you're saying, I
am in total agreement. :-)
Since it seems we've mostly shot down the -N idea in favor of explicit
options (which is fine!), the mechanics from the user's perspective
should be straight-forward. As mentioned previously, I think we went
from '-N <lots of stuff>' to '-r', '-h' (maybe do block size only via
long-opt '-h'), and '-b/-B' (not sure which I prefer case-wise).
Additionally, although all of these affect numeric sort (the reason for
'-N' in the first place), they are all orthogonal to each other :-).
This brings up another question I should probably ask; are digits > 9
case-sensitive?
I don't see why they would be.
I suppose you could add an option to let the user specify the spelling
of the digits, but perhaps this is overkill.
Agreed, at least until someone asks for it. :-) Like I said, I'm just
gathering information at this stage so I don't do wrong/extra work when
I start thinking about code.
Thanks again for the feedback!
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