I don't know if it is a bug or a request for a new feature but sort -n doesn't take into account floating foint values in scientific notation. (See sort output below).
Thanks, Apuă $ 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. $ sort -n < file 8.02503237684515 8.14014069979627 8.18363723886096e-05 8.18363723886096e-05 8.31689391420718 8.76345959600836 10.3756092554339 -- Apuă Paquola Bioinformatics Group Biochemistry Department, University of Săo Paulo http://bioinfo.iq.usp.br _______________________________________________ Bug-textutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-textutils
