Yes, I know that the range endpoints are inclusive.
In the first example, the first field is empty, and so the inclusive
character range 3-3 is also empty
In the second example, the first field is length one, and so the
inclusive character range 4-4 is empty
adj
On Feb 1, 2008, at 9:33 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
Andy Jewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Here are the commands, and the expected output. (The tests are 10f
and
10g).
sort -t : -k 1.3,1.3
:ba
:ab
sort -k 1.4,1.4
b ba
a ab
In both of these cases it seems that the explicit -k matches an empty
string,
The ranges endpoints are inclusive.
Andreas.
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