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thanks
On 08/11/2011 12:31 AM, Ajesh Shaj wrote:
Hi,
I got a strange ordering when I applied the linux sort command. Please see
below for the details:
[ajesh@gwta3004 tmp]$ sort a
.a
.b
ba
bb
bc
.c
NOTE: .a and .b appears before ba and bb, where as .c appears after bc.
> Is this expected behavior?
Yep. And this is a FAQ, caused by you using a locale that ignores
punctuation when determining sort order.
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#Sort-does-not-sort-in-normal-order_0021
If you are using new enough coreutils, try:
sort --debug a
for better understanding what is happening, then compare to:
LC_ALL=C sort --debug a
(if your sort doesn't understand --debug, then it is still useful to try
LC_ALL=C sort a).
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