-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Heijnen on 3/4/2008 5:18 AM: | | I would assume the lines with ">" and "<" would be grouped together, but I still get: | | Apparently the comparing ">" and "<" doesn't work well (or do ">" and "<" have special meaning?)
It is probably your locale that treats > and < as identical. Read the FAQ: http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#Sort-does-not-sort-in-normal-order_0021 and try running 'LC_ALL=C sort' to see the difference. | sort (coreutils) 5.2.1 You may want to consider upgrading - that version is several years old; the latest stable version is 6.10. | Disclaimer | If you have received this message in error, please delete it You should also avoid posting to publicly archived mailing lists from an account that adds such a disclaimer on your behalf - some people refuse on principle to reply when such a trailer is present, even though the directions in the trailer cannot be feasibly enforced. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHzU2l84KuGfSFAYARAhHBAKCEEQ1MHh1wuU8nCyTksLnKIfwRPgCcD5HC G6gshkFXzbAxnTreUOIy7QY= =aE8b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
