[Nolug] question about sort(1)

Hi,

I've got this file:

$ cat download/file.lst
file 3,387,062 02-21 16:56 ./24547010.pdf
file 14,236 08-25 04:55 ./Analysis of Asteroid Split.pdf
file 651,283 07-26 14:57 ./Browser282b2.tar.gz
file 30,227 07-26 17:07 ./EasyTables0.8.4-9.tar.bz2
file 195,294 01-18 22:09 ./FAQ_Rev05_ENG.pdf
file 50 10-15 19:05 ./GovForum2_2003.ram
file 5,454 03-01 12:03 ./HP-LaserJet_1100-hpijs.ppd.gz
file 203,680 05-08 15:56 ./LinuxCompilersCompatibility702.pdf
file 493 01-20 18:45 ./MD5SUMS

Now when I sort it, it strips away the spaces when doing
the compares:

$ sort download/file.lst
file 14,236 08-25 04:55 ./Analysis of Asteroid Split.pdf
file 195,294 01-18 22:09 ./FAQ_Rev05_ENG.pdf
file 203,680 05-08 15:56 ./LinuxCompilersCompatibility702.pdf
file 30,227 07-26 17:07 ./EasyTables0.8.4-9.tar.bz2
file 3,387,062 02-21 16:56 ./24547010.pdf
file 493 01-20 18:45 ./MD5SUMS
file 50 10-15 19:05 ./GovForum2_2003.ram
file 5,454 03-01 12:03 ./HP-LaserJet_1100-hpijs.ppd.gz
file 651,283 07-26 14:57 ./Browser282b2.tar.gz

Obviously, that's wrong. It should be:

file 50 10-15 19:05 ./GovForum2_2003.ram
file 493 01-20 18:45 ./MD5SUMS
file 5,454 03-01 12:03 ./HP-LaserJet_1100-hpijs.ppd.gz
file 14,236 08-25 04:55 ./Analysis of Asteroid Split.pdf
file 30,227 07-26 17:07 ./EasyTables0.8.4-9.tar.bz2
file 195,294 01-18 22:09 ./FAQ_Rev05_ENG.pdf
file 203,680 05-08 15:56 ./LinuxCompilersCompatibility702.pdf
file 651,283 07-26 14:57 ./Browser282b2.tar.gz
file 3,387,062 02-21 16:56 ./24547010.pdf

How do I tell sort to do a plain old, dumb ASCII sort?

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