hi, I may have bumped into an undesired feature/bug of sort, which appears to be still present in the version 8.9 of coreutils.
I'm issuing the following sort commands (see attached files): [prompt1] > sort -k 1.4,1n asd1 > asd1.sorted [prompt2] > sort -k 2.4,2n asd2 > asd2.sorted the first one works as I would expect, the second one doesn't. cheers. Francesco
chr coding_gene chr1 PRAMEF1 chr1 PRAMEF4 chr1 PPT1 chr1 B4GALT2 chr1 BTBD19 chr1 PPM1J chr1 AMPD1 chr1 HSD3B1 chr1 LY9 chr1 DUSP27 chr1 MYBPH chr1 DISC1 chr1 DISC1 chr10 ANXA7 chr10 KILLIN chr10 RNLS chr10 WNT8B chr10 SEC31B chr11 INSC chr11 PRSS23 chr11 DDX10 chr12 TEAD4 chr12 GXYLT1 chr12 TBX5 chr12 PIWIL1 chr14 C14orf106 chr14 C14orf50 chr15 OR4N4 chr15 AKAP13 chr16 TBC1D10B chr16 FAM38A chr18 HDHD2 chr19 USHBP1 chr19 MLL4 chr19 MEGF8 chr19 SPHK2 chr19 SIGLEC10 chr19 ZNF83 chr19 LILRA6 chr2 TAF1B chr2 KHK chr2 PPM1G chr2 KCTD18 chr21 SIK1 chr22 SGSM1 chr3 CCR5 chr3 SETD2 chr3 ZNF717 chr3 SNX4 chr3 GMPS chr3 C3orf34 chr5 MTRR chr5 SEMA5A chr5 PCDHB16 chr5 CLK4 chr6 C6orf105 chr6 OR5V1 chr6 MUC21 chr6 PKHD1 chr7 CDHR3 chr8 CSMD1 chr8 FER1L6 chr8 KIAA0196 chr9 CNTLN chr9 PLAA chr9 SLC25A25
chr coding_gene chr1 AMPD1 chr1 B4GALT2 chr1 BTBD19 chr1 DISC1 chr1 DISC1 chr1 DUSP27 chr1 HSD3B1 chr1 LY9 chr1 MYBPH chr1 PPM1J chr1 PPT1 chr1 PRAMEF1 chr1 PRAMEF4 chr2 KCTD18 chr2 KHK chr2 PPM1G chr2 TAF1B chr3 C3orf34 chr3 CCR5 chr3 GMPS chr3 SETD2 chr3 SNX4 chr3 ZNF717 chr5 CLK4 chr5 MTRR chr5 PCDHB16 chr5 SEMA5A chr6 C6orf105 chr6 MUC21 chr6 OR5V1 chr6 PKHD1 chr7 CDHR3 chr8 CSMD1 chr8 FER1L6 chr8 KIAA0196 chr9 CNTLN chr9 PLAA chr9 SLC25A25 chr10 ANXA7 chr10 KILLIN chr10 RNLS chr10 SEC31B chr10 WNT8B chr11 DDX10 chr11 INSC chr11 PRSS23 chr12 GXYLT1 chr12 PIWIL1 chr12 TBX5 chr12 TEAD4 chr14 C14orf106 chr14 C14orf50 chr15 AKAP13 chr15 OR4N4 chr16 FAM38A chr16 TBC1D10B chr18 HDHD2 chr19 LILRA6 chr19 MEGF8 chr19 MLL4 chr19 SIGLEC10 chr19 SPHK2 chr19 USHBP1 chr19 ZNF83 chr21 SIK1 chr22 SGSM1
AKAP13 chr15 AMPD1 chr1 ANXA7 chr10 B4GALT2 chr1 BTBD19 chr1 C14orf106 chr14 C14orf50 chr14 C3orf34 chr3 C6orf105 chr6 CCR5 chr3 CDHR3 chr7 CLK4 chr5 CNTLN chr9 CSMD1 chr8 DDX10 chr11 DISC1 chr1 DISC1 chr1 DUSP27 chr1 FAM38A chr16 FER1L6 chr8 GMPS chr3 GXYLT1 chr12 HDHD2 chr18 HSD3B1 chr1 INSC chr11 KCTD18 chr2 KHK chr2 KIAA0196 chr8 KILLIN chr10 LILRA6 chr19 LY9 chr1 MEGF8 chr19 MLL4 chr19 MTRR chr5 MUC21 chr6 MYBPH chr1 OR4N4 chr15 OR5V1 chr6 PCDHB16 chr5 PIWIL1 chr12 PKHD1 chr6 PLAA chr9 PPM1G chr2 PPM1J chr1 PPT1 chr1 PRAMEF1 chr1 PRAMEF4 chr1 PRSS23 chr11 RNLS chr10 SEC31B chr10 SEMA5A chr5 SETD2 chr3 SGSM1 chr22 SIGLEC10 chr19 SIK1 chr21 SLC25A25 chr9 SNX4 chr3 SPHK2 chr19 TAF1B chr2 TBC1D10B chr16 TBX5 chr12 TEAD4 chr12 USHBP1 chr19 WNT8B chr10 ZNF717 chr3 ZNF83 chr19 coding_gene chr
coding_gene chr PRAMEF1 chr1 PRAMEF4 chr1 PPT1 chr1 B4GALT2 chr1 BTBD19 chr1 PPM1J chr1 AMPD1 chr1 HSD3B1 chr1 LY9 chr1 DUSP27 chr1 MYBPH chr1 DISC1 chr1 DISC1 chr1 ANXA7 chr10 KILLIN chr10 RNLS chr10 WNT8B chr10 SEC31B chr10 INSC chr11 PRSS23 chr11 DDX10 chr11 TEAD4 chr12 GXYLT1 chr12 TBX5 chr12 PIWIL1 chr12 C14orf106 chr14 C14orf50 chr14 OR4N4 chr15 AKAP13 chr15 TBC1D10B chr16 FAM38A chr16 HDHD2 chr18 USHBP1 chr19 MLL4 chr19 MEGF8 chr19 SPHK2 chr19 SIGLEC10 chr19 ZNF83 chr19 LILRA6 chr19 TAF1B chr2 KHK chr2 PPM1G chr2 KCTD18 chr2 SIK1 chr21 SGSM1 chr22 CCR5 chr3 SETD2 chr3 ZNF717 chr3 SNX4 chr3 GMPS chr3 C3orf34 chr3 MTRR chr5 SEMA5A chr5 PCDHB16 chr5 CLK4 chr5 C6orf105 chr6 OR5V1 chr6 MUC21 chr6 PKHD1 chr6 CDHR3 chr7 CSMD1 chr8 FER1L6 chr8 KIAA0196 chr8 CNTLN chr9 PLAA chr9 SLC25A25 chr9
