i cant figure out if i'm doing something stupid here or sort is doing something wrong ...
consider this (reduced) input: /path/._cfg0000_asciidoc.conf%/path/%._cfg0000_%asciidoc.conf /path/._cfg0000_docbook.conf%/path/%._cfg0000_%docbook.conf /path/._cfg0001_asciidoc.conf%/path/%._cfg0001_%asciidoc.conf i want to have the files sorted by (1) path then (2) file name then (3) cfg order. so i use this: sort -t% -k2 -k4 -k3 but i keep getting the same output as my input: $ cat f | sort -t% -k2 -k4 -k3 /path/._cfg0000_asciidoc.conf%/path/%._cfg0000_%asciidoc.conf /path/._cfg0000_docbook.conf%/path/%._cfg0000_%docbook.conf /path/._cfg0001_asciidoc.conf%/path/%._cfg0001_%asciidoc.conf even if i try just (1) and (2), it still doesnt sort: $ cat f | sort -t% -k2 -k4 /path/._cfg0000_asciidoc.conf%/path/%._cfg0000_%asciidoc.conf /path/._cfg0000_docbook.conf%/path/%._cfg0000_%docbook.conf /path/._cfg0001_asciidoc.conf%/path/%._cfg0001_%asciidoc.conf if however i cut out field 3, then it seems to sort properly: $ cat f | cut -d% -f1,2,4 | sort -t% -k2 -k3 /path/._cfg0000_asciidoc.conf%/path/%asciidoc.conf /path/._cfg0001_asciidoc.conf%/path/%asciidoc.conf /path/._cfg0000_docbook.conf%/path/%docbook.conf using coreutils 7.4 here, and locale doesnt seem to matter (forcing to C gets same result). there are no custom patches to the source in Gentoo. -mike _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
