hi. i want to sort first alphabetically on field 1 then numerically on field 2 (so, field 2 is the secondary key). it seems that when running, field 2 becomes the major key.
i've tried: sort -s +1 -n +2 sort -s +1 -s -n +2 sort -s +1 -sn +2 sort -n -s +1 -s +2 sort -k1 -s -k2n here is what i'm running: ---- FreeBSD gregtx 6.1-STABLE FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE #2: Tue Oct 31 09:50:20 PST 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/GENERIC i386 sort (GNU coreutils) 5.3.0-20040812-FreeBSD 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. ---- i wouldn't think i should even need to specify "-s" if i want a major key followed by one (or more) minor key(s). any thoughts? maybe i'm just braindead (always a possibility). Greg Minshall ps -- when did the "+m.n" format become deprecated? Posix? or...? pps -- i just tried this with coreutils-6.9 and get similar results. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
