You probably want -k2,2 to restrict the comparison to just that field. What's the output from `locale` as a matter of interest
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to coreutils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1498973 Title: sort fails to order correctly on CSV files Status in coreutils package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Using latest coreutils 8.21-1ubuntu5.1 on Trusty, installed via apt- get from the standard repositories. Given a file of UK postcodes which includes an erroneous (shorted) one, e.g. AB234DA CA87BJ BA23NN AB234D BA572LD AB234DA The command 'sort filename' correctly orders the file: AB234D AB234DA AB234DA BA23NN BA572LD CA87BJ Note the shorter of the set of "AB234D" matches is at the start of the file. However, if the file is a .csv file with lines such as: "Some string",AB234DA,15,29.1,"another string",45.2,66.7,19,NULL,hello,99,0,1 ...the command 'sort -k2 -d -t","' doesn't handle the shorter string correctly, so it results in: "Some string",AB234DA,15,29.1,"another string",45.2,66.7,19,NULL,hello,99,0,1 "Some string",AB234D,15,29.1,"another string",45.2,66.7,19,NULL,hello,99,0,1 "Some string",AB234DA,15,29.1,"another string",45.2,66.7,19,NULL,hello,99,0,1 "Some string",BA23NN,15,29.1,"another string",45.2,66.7,19,NULL,hello,99,0,1 "Some string",BA572LD,15,29.1,"another string",45.2,66.7,19,NULL,hello,99,0,1 "Some string",CA87BJ,15,29.1,"another string",45.2,66.7,19,NULL,hello,99,0,1 Note that AB234D is left between its longer relatives, whereas it should appear first. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/1498973/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
