Re: [Nolug] question about sort(1)

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

> 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...

ie. "sort -i download/file.lst" any difference with that?

>
> 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.

pretty much exactly what I did. I just cut-n-pasted from your first
email.

minorthreat scotth # sort file.lst
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

minorthreat scotth # cat 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

minorthreat scotth # uname -a
Linux minorthreat 2.4.22-gentoo-r7 #1 Mon Feb 23 12:15:27 CST 2004 i686 VIA Samuel 2 CentaurHauls GNU/Linux

minorthreat scotth # sort --version
sort (coreutils) 5.0.91
Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert.

Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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