At one box, I've sort version 5.2.1 and sort works correctly. At another box with sort 5.97, it doesn't work correctly. Please see below. sort (coreutils) 5.2.1 Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert.
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. It works correctly for this output: cat /tmp/tosort.out /dev/emcpowera 47G 39G 7.8G 84% /DB1/DW/data9 /dev/emcpowerb 47G 43G 4.2G 91% /DB1/DW/data10 /dev/emcpowerc 46G 181M 46G 1% /DB1/DW/dwtmp16 /dev/emcpowerh 70G 30G 40G 43% /DB1/DW/data6 /dev/emcpoweri 70G 68G 2.2G 97% /DB1/DW/data7 /dev/emcpowerj 70G 68G 2.1G 97% /DB1/DW/data8 /dev/emcpowerl 540G 420G 121G 78% /DB1/DW/data3 /dev/emcpowerm 540G 420G 121G 78% /DB1/DW/data5 /dev/emcpowern 23G 14G 9.4G 59% /DB1/DW/data4 /dev/emcpowero 540G 509G 32G 95% /DB1/DW/data2 /dev/emcpoweru 600G 408G 193G 68% /DB1/DW/data1 /dev/emcpowerw 183G 32G 152G 18% /DB1/DW/LOGARCH /dev/emcpowery 92G 188M 92G 1% /DB1/DW/LOGACT cat /tmp/tosort.out | sort -n -k2.1,2.4 /dev/emcpowern 23G 14G 9.4G 59% /DB1/DW/data4 /dev/emcpowerc 46G 181M 46G 1% /DB1/DW/dwtmp16 /dev/emcpowera 47G 39G 7.8G 84% /DB1/DW/data9 /dev/emcpowerb 47G 43G 4.2G 91% /DB1/DW/data10 /dev/emcpowerh 70G 30G 40G 43% /DB1/DW/data6 /dev/emcpoweri 70G 68G 2.2G 97% /DB1/DW/data7 /dev/emcpowerj 70G 68G 2.1G 97% /DB1/DW/data8 /dev/emcpowery 92G 188M 92G 1% /DB1/DW/LOGACT /dev/emcpowerw 183G 32G 152G 18% /DB1/DW/LOGARCH /dev/emcpowerl 540G 420G 121G 78% /DB1/DW/data3 /dev/emcpowerm 540G 420G 121G 78% /DB1/DW/data5 /dev/emcpowero 540G 509G 32G 95% /DB1/DW/data2 /dev/emcpoweru 600G 408G 193G 68% /DB1/DW/data1 At another box, I've sort version 5.97 and it doesn't work correctly: sort (GNU coreutils) 5.97 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. cat /tmp/tosort.out | sort -n -k2.1,2.4 /dev/emcpowera 47G 39G 7.8G 84% /DB1/DW/data9 /dev/emcpowerb 47G 43G 4.2G 91% /DB1/DW/data10 /dev/emcpowerc 46G 181M 46G 1% /DB1/DW/dwtmp16 /dev/emcpowerh 70G 30G 40G 43% /DB1/DW/data6 /dev/emcpoweri 70G 68G 2.2G 97% /DB1/DW/data7 /dev/emcpowerj 70G 68G 2.1G 97% /DB1/DW/data8 /dev/emcpowerl 540G 420G 121G 78% /DB1/DW/data3 /dev/emcpowerm 540G 420G 121G 78% /DB1/DW/data5 /dev/emcpowern 23G 14G 9.4G 59% /DB1/DW/data4 /dev/emcpowero 540G 509G 32G 95% /DB1/DW/data2 /dev/emcpoweru 600G 408G 193G 68% /DB1/DW/data1 /dev/emcpowerw 183G 32G 152G 18% /DB1/DW/LOGARCH /dev/emcpowery 92G 188M 92G 1% /DB1/DW/LOGACT Thanks. Have a nice day, Sheila
