bug#70532: sort: Mention counting fields from the end

2024-04-23 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 23/04/2024 11:14, Dan Jacobson wrote: In (info "(coreutils) sort invocation") be sure to add an example of a way or workaround for counting fields from the end of the line. E.g., we want to sort on the last field, but don't know for sure how many fields a line might contain. E.g., sort by

bug#70532: sort: Mention counting fields from the end

2024-04-23 Thread Dan Jacobson
In (info "(coreutils) sort invocation") be sure to add an example of a way or workaround for counting fields from the end of the line. E.g., we want to sort on the last field, but don't know for sure how many fields a line might contain. E.g., sort by surname, when lines consist of First