[Bug 1081683] Re: sort inconsistent

2012-11-27 Thread Moses Moore
Confirmed. Thank you. $ export LC_COLLATE=C; echo -e 'abb\naaa\n.ab' |sort .ab aaa abb -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1081683 Title: sort inconsistent To manage notifications about

[Bug 1081683] Re: sort inconsistent

2012-11-27 Thread Colin Watson
This is a consequence of the locale you're in following the collation rules of ISO/IEC 14651:2011 (you can download a copy from http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/index.html). Once you dig through the syntax, this specifies that U+002E (".") is an "ignorable" character for the