Re: Localization based problem with sort

[Paul Eggert]

Dirk Stoecker <address@hidden> writes:

> when using the "sort" utility in German language the two options
>
>       -d, --dictionary-order
>       -f, --ignore-case
>
> are activated by default. It is impossible to have other sorting methods 
> then.
>
> Would you please add negative forms of these options, so they can be 
> deactivated in localized environments?

Sorry, I don't see how that could be implemented portably, in the
ordinary POSIX locale environment anyway.  Perhaps you can work around
the problem by setting LC_COLLATE=C in your environment, before
invoking 'sort'.