I have used the "unix" sort for years without trouble, but suddenly
something weird is happening. I have a student whose last name is Khan,
and a student whose last name is Khanal,. The comma immediately follows
the last name. Obviously Khan should be sorted before Khanal, both from
the English standpoint and based on the ASCI code for a comma. But it is
not. Khanal comes first. Why?
(The two files I have attached are the unsorted version (khan.txt) and the
one produced by
sort +0.0 -0.14 khan.txt >khan.out
Dr. Betty Barr,
University of Houston
Barr,Betty
Barak,Obama
Barr,Candy
Khan,Lesl
Khanal,Ad
Khan,Asa
Barak,Obama
Barr,Betty
Barr,Candy
Khanal,Ad
Khan,Asa
Khan,Lesl
