Re: sort parameters question: -V and -f

2011-04-07 Thread Assaf Gordon
Eric Blake wrote, On 04/06/2011 06:36 PM: > On 04/06/2011 04:04 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote: >> On 06/04/11 22:26, Assaf Gordon wrote: >>> I'm wondering if this is a bug (where "-f" is ignored when using version >>> sort): >> >> The same happens for any ordering option. >> If any is specified for the

Re: sort parameters question: -V and -f

2011-04-06 Thread Eric Blake
On 04/06/2011 04:04 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 06/04/11 22:26, Assaf Gordon wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm wondering if this is a bug (where "-f" is ignored when using version >> sort): >> >> = >> $ sort --debug -f -k2,2V >> sort: using simple byte comparison >> sort: leading blanks are si

Re: sort parameters question: -V and -f

2011-04-06 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 06/04/11 22:26, Assaf Gordon wrote: > Hello, > > I'm wondering if this is a bug (where "-f" is ignored when using version > sort): > > = > $ sort --debug -f -k2,2V > sort: using simple byte comparison > sort: leading blanks are significant in key 1; consider also specifying `b' > sor

sort parameters question: -V and -f

2011-04-06 Thread Assaf Gordon
Hello, I'm wondering if this is a bug (where "-f" is ignored when using version sort): = $ sort --debug -f -k2,2V sort: using simple byte comparison sort: leading blanks are significant in key 1; consider also specifying `b' sort: option `-f' is ignored == My assumption is that