Re: [Nolug] question about sort(1) from Ron Johnson on 2004-03-09 (nolugarchives)

From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson_at_cox.net>
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 01:13:48 -0600
Message-Id: <1078816428.1765.73.camel@haggis.homelan>

On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 20:35, Alex wrote:
> Have you tried a sort -n file.lst? It looks like yours is sorting

Yes.

> alphanumerically. It works fine for me, even eithout the -n:

Mine is sorting alphanumericly, but compressing all the spaces
down, as if the file were really:
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

> alex ~> 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
> alex ~> 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
> alex ~> sort --version
> sort (GNU textutils) 2.0
> Written by Mike Haertel.
>
> Copyright (C) 1999 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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