On 7/4/20 2:39 PM, Richard Freedman wrote: > When I use sort -n -c on a specified column in a file sort reports an error > and then stops if two numbers are exactly the same.
Could you send us the input, and the output of "sort --debug -n -c -k3" (assuming you're using column 3)? My guess is that the output will explain the symptoms you're seeing, but if not then we'd like to see the test case. Thanks.