On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Paul Eggert wrote: > > From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 15 Mar 2002 16:34:08 GMT > > > > sort treats whitespace as column separators, by default. > > But you need to specify an option to get that behavior. He was using > 'sort' With no options, and in that case 'sort' sorts the entire input > line, including white space.
Looks like some locale's definition of collation order already imply -b by themselves. Here's a test run on a RetHat Linux 6.1 box: ~> env LC_ALL=de_DE sort in RR rrr ss SS sss tt TT ttt ~> sort --version sort (GNU textutils) 2.0 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. -- Hans-Bernhard Broeker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain. _______________________________________________ Bug-textutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-textutils
