Re: [Nolug] question about sort(1)

Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:

funny. when I make a copy of your initial file and run
sort, I get the second list.

> 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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