Re: question on using the -n option for sorting

2024-11-03 Thread Chris Elvidge
On 03/11/2024 at 01:48, American Citizen wrote: Hello: I am a number theory mathematician, using linux as a computer platform for my studies. In using the sort command with the -n option, such as the command %sort -k3,3n close.2 > close.3 I noticed that the 93 digits in the 3rd field are NO

Re: question on using the -n option for sorting

2024-11-03 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 03/11/2024 01:48, American Citizen wrote: Hello: I am a number theory mathematician, using linux as a computer platform for my studies. In using the sort command with the -n option, such as the command %sort -k3,3n close.2 > close.3 I noticed that the 93 digits in the 3rd field are NOT num

question on using the -n option for sorting

2024-11-02 Thread American Citizen
Hello: I am a number theory mathematician, using linux as a computer platform for my studies. In using the sort command with the -n option, such as the command %sort -k3,3n close.2 > close.3 I noticed that the 93 digits in the 3rd field are NOT numerically ordered, although most were. I s