Re: [Nolug] question about sort(1)

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

> Same thing.
>
> $ cp download/file.lst .
> `download/file.lst' -> `./file.lst'

maybe file.lst has some hidden characters which sort(1)
can be told to ignore...

>
> $ sort 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
>
>> >
>> > $ uname -a
>> > Linux haggis 2.6.3 #2 Sun Feb 29 00:58:15 CST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
>> >
>> > $ set |grep LC_
>> >
>> > $ cat /etc/locale.gen
>> > en_US ISO-8859-1
>> >
>> >> > 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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