Re: [Nolug] question about sort(1)

On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 13:18, scotth@scottharney.com wrote:
> 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...

It better not have hidden characters. file.lst was created
by running a python script and using cut-n-paste and cat between
2 rxvt windows.

> > $ 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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