Matthew Woehlke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > '-N _options_, --numeric-sort=_options_'
The other sort options can be attached to -k; how would this work here? > 'a': convert numbers with strtol(,0) (i.e. automatically recognize > '0x<num>' (hex), '0<num>' (octal). > 'o': all numbers are octal, i.e. strtol(,8) > 'x': all numbers are hexadecimal, i.e. strtol(,16) These shouldn't use strtol; they should work regardless of the size of the number, just as it already works for decimal numbers. > ...and in light of 'o', 'x', perhaps '-B <num>, --numeric-base <num>' > would be in order? Yes, perhaps. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils