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Incorrect lexographical sort in sort (coreutils) 5.2.1
From: |
Murray Stokely |
Subject: |
Incorrect lexographical sort in sort (coreutils) 5.2.1 |
Date: |
Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:14:23 -0700 |
The current version of GNU sort on my Linux box incorrectly
sorts the following simple file, while an older version of GNU
sort on MacOS X 10.4 works fine.
$ sort --version
sort (coreutils) 5.2.1
$ cat scrambled
version0/data/r=2/1/45 3.2
version0/data/r=2/1/42 12.3
version0/data/r=2 146839.1
version0/data/r=2/1/52 6.6
version0/data/r=2/1/54 7.5
version0/data/r=2/1/51 10.9
$ sort scrambled
version0/data/r=2/1/42 12.3
version0/data/r=2/1/45 3.2
version0/data/r=2 146839.1
version0/data/r=2/1/51 10.9
version0/data/r=2/1/52 6.6
version0/data/r=2/1/54 7.5
- Murray
- Incorrect lexographical sort in sort (coreutils) 5.2.1,
Murray Stokely <=