On Mon, 4 Oct 2021 10:36:52 -0400, Juncheng Yang <peter.waynech...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi coreutils developers, > I have encountered a bug in GNU sort in which sort produces incorrect > results when numerical sort with delimiters. For example, sort -nk1 -t , > file cannot sort the a file with the following lines (sort by the first > column numerically) > 1,a > 0,9 > > I have tried multiple version including the latest version, this problem > still exists. Works for me with sort -t, -k1,1n Keep in mind that with just "-k1" you're effectively telling sort to consider fields from the first up to the last (ie the whole line), not just the first one. -- D.
