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Re: "sort" utility short comming or bug: cannot sort according to "human
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Pádraig Brady |
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Re: "sort" utility short comming or bug: cannot sort according to "human format" criterion. |
Date: |
Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:15:14 +0000 |
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Andre Gompel wrote:
>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).
>
>
I see what you mean, but that would definitely not
be a stable sort as info is lost in the number -> human conversion.
You really need to sort before the human conversion.
Have a look at: http://www.pixelbeat.org/scripts/dutop
Pádraig.