"sort" utility short comming or bug: cannot sort according to "human format" criterion.

[Andre Gompel]

Dear colleague:
  it looks like a bug... or at least a short comming.

If I use the -n or -g option I cannot sort according to the output format of 
the "du" or "ls" commands.

Example:

        du -chs * |sort -n |more

I am not sure what would be the best approach, but I would tend to add one 
more option (says -h for "human format" compatibility).

Of course the -g option may probably be adapted to "understand" the "human 
format, but this could be problematic, in some rare instances.

This should be quite simple, and I may volunter to program that part, if you 
thinks this make sense.

Thanks for the attention.







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