`sort -n' and `sort -g' work inconsistently with 0 and -0 if there are leading spaces. Sometimes -0 is before 0, as I would expect, and sometimes it is afterwards. Adding `-b' does not seem to help.
Is this where I should report it or should I go upstream? In case you are wondering why I want to do this: I'm counting items in a bin so the bin from -1 to 0 and 0 to +1 are different. Please excuse the excessive number of examples. Happy Gregorian New Year! - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID. ________________ $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -n -1 -0 0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e 's/^/ /' | sort -n -1 -0 0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e '/-/s/^/ /' | sort -n -1 -0 0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e '/^.$/s/^/ /' | sort -n -1 0 -0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e '/-/s/^/ /' -e 's/^/ /' | sort -n -1 -0 0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e '/^.$/s/^/ /' -e 's/^/ /' | sort -n -1 0 -0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e '/-/s/^/ /' -e 's/^/ /' | sort -n -1 -0 0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e '/-/!s/^/ /' -e 's/^/ /' | sort -n -1 0 -0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -g -1 -0 0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e 's/^/ /' | sort -g -1 -0 0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e '/-/s/^/ /' | sort -g -1 -0 0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e '/^.$/s/^/ /' | sort -g -1 0 -0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e '/-/s/^/ /' -e 's/^/ /' | sort -g -1 -0 0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e '/^.$/s/^/ /' -e 's/^/ /' | sort -g -1 0 -0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e '/-/s/^/ /' -e 's/^/ /' | sort -g -1 -0 0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e '/-/!s/^/ /' -e 's/^/ /' | sort -g -1 0 -0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -nb -1 -0 0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e 's/^/ /' | sort -nb -1 -0 0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e '/-/s/^/ /' | sort -nb -1 -0 0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e '/^.$/s/^/ /' | sort -nb -1 0 -0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e '/-/s/^/ /' -e 's/^/ /' | sort -nb -1 -0 0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e '/^.$/s/^/ /' -e 's/^/ /' | sort -nb -1 0 -0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e '/-/s/^/ /' -e 's/^/ /' | sort -nb -1 -0 0 1 $ echo 0 -1 -0 1 | tr ' ' '\n' | sed -e '/-/!s/^/ /' -e 's/^/ /' | sort -nb -1 0 -0 1 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/