On 7/5/20 9:53 PM, Richard Freedman wrote:
> I discovered that trying to use -c with --debug causes an error - but not in
> the version that I have
> on my mac laptop !
Ah, I had meant to suggest using --debug without -c.
> when I try to specify a "key" even for a file with only 1 column - the
On 7/4/20 2:39 PM, Richard Freedman wrote:
> When I use sort -n -c on a specified column in a file sort reports an error
> and then stops if two numbers are exactly the same.
Could you send us the input, and the output of "sort --debug -n -c -k3"
(assuming you're using column 3)? My guess is
When I use sort -n -c on a specified column in a file sort reports an error and
then stops if two numbers are exactly the same. I want the sort to find actual
sort errors, i.e. number (n+1) < number(n). This negates the use of sort -n -c
on large files to find files that are actually out of
