Consider the email list in test1 (attacched) With some test You show sort coreutils bug.
If You sort emails in test1 sort test1 | less You obtain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] that's wrong!! If You sort only the username of emails in test1 gawk '{ print substr($0,1,index($0,"@"))}' test1 | sort | less admin@ admin@ admin@ admin@ admin@ admin@ admin@ administrator@ administrator@ adminoresteblog@ a.pellegrino@ [EMAIL PROTECTED]@e [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] That's wrong . The char after "@" make sort crazy. Please, do not public emails , they are real. Loris Palmerini _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils