[re-adding the list, for closure on this report] On 02/28/2011 09:05 AM, Betty J. Barr wrote: >> Because you are using a locale that regards punctuation as insignificant >> in collation sequences. >> >> See this FAQ, then try 'LC_ALL=C sort ...' to see the difference. >> >> http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#Sort-does-not-sort-in-normal-order_0021
> Thank you. Setting the environment did work. Since I am at the mercy of > our IT people in terms of versions and updates, it was just a shock when > something I had used for years did not work. Glad to hear it. Yes, it is rather a shock when upgrading a system changes the default locale to something different than it was before, with all sorts of knock-on effects that many people are not expecting; but it's nothing that coreutils can change other than to help teach people about the effect of locale settings. -- Eric Blake [email protected] +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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