Hi There,
I'm using: sort (textutils) 2.0.21 Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert. I have a file called "bob" consisting of the lines: @_0<_0=_and_;s / super3772 = @ 0< 0= and ;s 0<_0=_and_;s / super7840 = 0< 0= and ;s 0<_0=_and / super14257 = 0< 0= and @_0<_0=_and / super6513 = @ 0< 0= and If I type "sort bob" then I get the following output: @_0<_0=_and_;s / super3772 = @ 0< 0= and ;s 0<_0=_and_;s / super7840 = 0< 0= and ;s 0<_0=_and / super14257 = 0< 0= and @_0<_0=_and / super6513 = @ 0< 0= and In other words, sort thinks that this is a correct sorting of the file. It is not. The correct output should be: 0<_0=_and / super14257 = 0< 0= and 0<_0=_and_;s / super7840 = 0< 0= and ;s @_0<_0=_and / super6513 = @ 0< 0= and @_0<_0=_and_;s / super3772 = @ 0< 0= and ;s If I had typed "sort -d bob" (-d specifies to ignore all characters except alphanumeric ones) then this would be the correct output. I tried this out on another machine which has "sort (GNU textutils) 1.22" and it behaves correctly. The sort program on our Digital Unix box also works correctly. The awkward thing about this bug is that while it is possible to turn on the -d option on other versions of the sort program if you want this behaviour, on "sort (textutils) 2.0.21" there is no way to turn off this behaviour. Thanks, David. _______________________________________________ Bug-textutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-textutils
