The documentation doesn't say that one can also use hex args:
$ time /bin/sleep 0x10
real0m16.007s
However not octal args:
$ time /bin/sleep 010
real0m10.003s
Maybe say how too.
"sort" does inconsistent sorting.
I'm pretty sure it has NOTHING to do with the following warning, although I
could be totally wrong.
" *** WARNING ***
The locale specified by the environment affects sort order.
Set LC_ALL=C to get the traditional sort order that uses
native byte values. "
See
Randall Lewis wrote:
> "sort" does inconsistent sorting.
You are sure about that? :-)
> I'm pretty sure it has NOTHING to do with the following warning,
> although I could be totally wrong.
>
> " *** WARNING ***
> The locale specified by the environment affects sort order.
> Set LC_ALL=C to get
Hi Bob--
Wow! So, a couple comments about how I seem to have figured out every wrong way
to use "sort" when also using "join."
Who would've thought that
sort -k1 test1.txt
would default to sort on the entire line? (I normally would've thought that
[,POS2] means "optional if you want to have
