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. -- Eric Blake [email protected] +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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