Re: bug in sort with '.' in strings

2005-11-20 Thread Eric Blake
> > Hi, > > Sort seems to ignore (incorrectly handle) the character '.' in the > strings. The following output is what I get with: > > $ sort --version > sort (coreutils) 4.5.3 > Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert. This version is quite old. The current stable version is 5.93, see the a

Re: bug in sort with '.' in strings

2005-11-20 Thread Philip Rowlands
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Michael J. Dinneen wrote: Sort seems to ignore (incorrectly handle) the character '.' in the strings. Please see this FAQ entry, "Sort does not sort in normal order!": http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#Sort-does-not-sort-in-normal-order_0021 Ch

bug in sort with '.' in strings

2005-11-20 Thread Michael J. Dinneen
Hi, Sort seems to ignore (incorrectly handle) the character '.' in the strings. The following output is what I get with: $ sort --version sort (coreutils) 4.5.3 Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert. Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for