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According to Fredrik Andreasson on 9/18/2007 1:43 AM:
> Hi, maybe this it a bug?
Not a bug, but a difference in POSIX compliance.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ sort --version
> sort (GNU coreutils) 5.97
Even this version is somewhat old - the latest stable version of coreutils
is 6.9.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cat file|sort -nr +2
> sort: open failed: +2: No such file or directory
Reread the NEWS - as of 5.90, this change was deliberate, because of POSIX
requirements:
A few usages still have behavior that depends on which POSIX standard is
being conformed to, and portable applications should beware these
problematic usages. These include:
Problematic Standard-conforming replacement, depending on
usage whether you prefer the behavior of:
POSIX 1003.2-1992 POSIX 1003.1-2001
sort +4 sort -k 5 sort ./+4
Furthermore, the info manual describes a way to override which version of
POSIX you want - 'info coreutils standard'.
- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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