Re: Localization based problem with sort

[Philip Rowlands]

On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Dirk Stoecker wrote:

> So please tell me a way to use the sort program in contexts which 
> allow no environment variable settings. I will be happy to accept it.

I would cheekily point out that the reason you see the unwelcome sort 
order in the first place is caused by an environment variable.

If you do not like the machine/X session/whichever default which is 
ignoring case and punctuation, perhaps that is the problem which should 
be changed?

Another [custom] solution might be a wrapper around /usr/bin/sort which 
sets the environment according based on these new options, then calls 
/usr/bin/sort.real


Cheers,
Phil