On 21Nov2018 22:12, Amadeus W.M. wrote:
After reading the man more carefully, an end position should be
specified for the key:
"KEYDEF is F[.C][OPTS][,F[.C][OPTS]] for start and stop position, where
F is a field number and C a character position in the field; both are
origin 1, and the stop
After reading the man more carefully, an end position should be
specified for the key:
"KEYDEF is F[.C][OPTS][,F[.C][OPTS]] for start and stop position, where
F is a field number and C a character position in the field; both are
origin 1, and the stop position defaults to the line's end."
He
On 21Nov2018 21:47, Amadeus W.M. wrote:
I've been using sort for years and I just ran into something I've never
seen and I can't explain.
[...]
I see some weirdness too, but mine doesn't match yours. (Ubuntu 16.04
here, though.)
I note that sort(1) says:
*** WARNING *** The locale
I've been using sort for years and I just ran into something I've never
seen and I can't explain.
cat spam
AA|3334
A|3826
cat spam | sort -k1 -t"|" # this works!
A|3826
AA|3334
Now
cat junk
AA|def
A|xyz
cat junk | sort -k1 -t"|" # this doesn't
AA|def
A|xyz
The tw
