On 2025-04-27 21:15, Michael Schwendt wrote:
On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 20:12:55 +1000, Philip Rhoades via users wrote:

People,

For the attached file these work:

sort -k 1.11,1.18n t
sort -k 1.3,1.6n t

but this doesn't:

sort -k 1.8 -k 1.3,1.6n t

Why is this?

Add option --debug, show the output you get, and describe what you
believe doesn't work.


sort: text ordering performed using simple byte comparison
sort: leading blanks are significant in key 1; consider also specifying 'b'
sort: note numbers use '.' as a decimal point in this locale
E_20.0_GB_20060611.smartctl
       ____________________
  ____
.
.

Chars 3-6 are not being sorted numerically after lines are sorted by char 8.

P.

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Philip Rhoades

PO Box 896
Cowra  NSW  2794
Australia
E-mail:  p...@pricom.com.au
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