This pretty much speaks for itself. I don't know what it says, though. > uname -a Linux marduk 2.2.16 #2 Tue Jul 25 16:41:24 EDT 2000 i686 unknown > > which sort /bin/sort > > sort --version sort (GNU textutils) 2.0a Written by Mike Haertel. Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. > > sort -n << EOF ? 1 ? 2 ? 3 ? 12 ? 9 ? EOF 9 2 1 12 3 > echo "1\n2\n3\n12\n9" | sort -n 9 2 1 12 3 > echo " 1 \n 2 \n 3 \n 12 \n 9 " | sort -n 1 2 3 9 12 -- Jeffrey M. Vinocur * [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/jmv16/ _______________________________________________ Bug-textutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-textutils
