Re: [Nolug] question about sort(1)

On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 15:20, scotth@scottharney.com wrote:
> 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?

Nope.

$ sort -i 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

Iy't just compressing all those spaces... :(

> > 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

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