Norbert P. Copones wrote: > i tried using both openbsd sort and gnu sort (via coreutils from gnu.org) > > both openbsd sort and gnu sort spits out the same output (i think almost > all linux distro is using gnu sort - though not sure on this) > > $ sort sample > bread > ham > bacon > eggs > > $ sort -bk 1 sample (i use gsort -b sample on gnu sort) > bacon > bread > eggs > ham > > in my test, the results are correct. > > $ sort sample2 > > Bread > Eggs > bacon > ham > > $ sort -f sample2 > bacon > Bread > Eggs > ham > > don't really know. both bsd and gnu version of sort works fine in my test. > Julius Suarez (GMail) wrote: > Can you try doing something like - > $ LC_ALL=C sort sample > > - and see if there would be any changes > - I remembered having problems with sort, and putting LC_ALL=C helped. >
I use PCLinuxOS 2007, which also uses gnu coreutils. As Norbert implied, it might be something regarding the distro's configuration that results to what I'm getting. This is further validated with Robert's results where he uses a Mac. $ sort --version sort (GNU coreutils) 5.97 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert. However, I have read about LC_ALL in the manpage of sort. Tried it before but that didn't work, Julius. It spits out the same cheese I posted. $ LC_ALL=C $ sort sample bacon bread eggs ham $ sort sample2 bacon Bread Eggs ham Part II :-) Yup, sorry about that. It's "LEADING" whitespaces :-) My bad... Thanks Jun. I did a booboo above, I should have exported the variable first.. It's cool now. Thanks to everyone... $ LC_ALL=C $ export LC_ALL $ sort sample bread ham bacon eggs $ sort sample2 Bread Eggs bacon ham _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
