According to [email protected] on 3/4/2010 7:11 PM:
> Thanks. I see I neglected the -b.
> On the info page in the `--field-separator=SEPARATOR' discussion, do
> mention the effects of -b on ' foo' etc.
> PB> $ LC_CTYPE=C sort --debug -sb -k5,5 < taichung_county_atm.htm
> (Use .txt, not .htms in examples.)
> Anyway, your --debug stuff would be clearer with just pipes added
> inline:
> $ echo 'a   b c'|sort --debug=show_fields
> a|   b| c
> or something like that.

Except that you can specify overlapping keys.  I find the idea of multiple
separate lines of underscores, one per key, much easier to follow in
understanding how each line is broken down into fields and keys, than I
would in trying to parse inline notations that change the line's contents.

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