Sort Bug

[Robert . Dempsey]

Hi 

There seems to be a problem with the sort command when using the -k option.  If you look at the Example 1 below you will see that I am trying to order the output by file size, yet if you look closely:

        -rwxr-xr-x    1 robertd  users    1127596442 Oct 29 11:03 tms_mp2.zip
        -rw-r-----    1 robertd  users    15035855 Aug 27 11:16 backuptest270803.gz
        -rw-r--r--    1 robertd  users    20003418 Jul 22 10:35 uk-re_bac.gz
        -rw-r--r--    1 robertd  users    2071561987 Oct 28 18:24 tms.mp.gz

the files backuptest270803.gz, uk-re_bac.gz appear below tms_mp2.zip.  It seems there may exists a problem with large file sizes as in Example 2 the problem does not occur.

Thanks

Rob


Example 1

address@hidden>ls -l | sort -k 5
total 3165056
-rw-r--r--    1 robertd  users         678 Jul 10 15:15 rejected_tms_inbox.dmp.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 robertd  users         840 Jul 21 13:50 161examples.dmp.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 robertd  users        2446 Aug 14 13:32 prob.dmp.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 robertd  users        4096 Jul 30 16:03 300703td.dmp.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 robertd  users       30791 Aug 14 17:19 tmsr4_sip.dmp_bad.gz
-rw-rw-rw-    1 robertd  users       84631 Jul 24 15:06 save_tmsif.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 robertd  users      100170 Jul 21 17:15 621examples.dmp.gz
-rw-r-----    1 robertd  users      120741 Aug 27 11:35 backuptestrun270803.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 robertd  users      179519 Aug 14 17:34 test_tmsr4140803.dmp.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 robertd  users      329730 Aug 12 11:04 sqlarea120803_VE.dmp.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 robertd  users      461317 Aug 11 11:37 sqlarea110803_SC.dmp.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 robertd  users      502190 Jul  4 10:36 tms_inbox040703.dmp.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 robertd  users      886935 Jul 18 23:06 re_test.exp.dmp.fri.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 robertd  users     1493345 Aug 13 11:44 sap_import130803.dmp.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 robertd  users     2587029 Aug 27 11:40 printfbin270803.gz
-rwxr-xr-x    1 robertd  users    1127596442 Oct 29 11:03 tms_mp2.zip
-rw-r-----    1 robertd  users    15035855 Aug 27 11:16 backuptest270803.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 robertd  users    20003418 Jul 22 10:35 uk-re_bac.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 robertd  users    2071561987 Oct 28 18:24 tms.mp.gz


Example 2

address@hidden>ls -l | sort -k 5
-rw-r--r--    1 dannyb   users       14077 Oct 24 07:49 decryptlib.pc
-rw-------    1 fredh    users       26439 Aug 12 22:51 emacs-21.3.tar.gz.back-RSN.README
-rw-r--r--    1 simonb   users       27349 Sep 24 17:02 100_at_workbench_report.html
-rw-r--r--    1 fredh    users       27371 Aug 22 14:36 SHOPPER2_at_21157647G_report.html
-rw-r--r--    1 fredh    users       27380 Aug 27 14:12 SHOPPER1_at_21157647G_report.html
-rw-r--r--    1 fredh    users       28149 Aug 22 16:35 400_at_guvnor_report.html
-rw-r--r--    1 fredh    users       28207 Aug 27 14:40 SHOPPER1_at_2000_report.html
-rw-r--r--    1 fredh    users       29342 Aug 27 15:29 SHOPPER1_at_report.html
-rw-r--r--    1 dannyb   users       35611 Oct 23 16:04 OP.difs
-rwxr--r--    1 marko    users       44225 Aug 21 10:27 scrollkeeper-tempfile.0
-rwxr--r--    1 marko    users       44225 Oct  7 18:07 scrollkeeper-tempfile.1
-rw-r--r--    1 dannyb   users       48778 Oct 24 07:49 rdt_utilities.c
-rw-r--r--    1 mikec    users       79557 Aug 21 18:34 pre-uat-post-uat-diffs.txt
-rw-r--r--    1 dannyb   users      140097 Aug 21 18:08 kd2
-rw-r--r--    1 andyb    users      237568 Aug 12 16:36 03422520030806PRD.txt.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 marko    users      358400 Oct  2 15:34 3levelOSRep.tar
-rw-r--r--    1 dannyb   users     1521396 Oct 23 08:06 OP.diffs
-rw-------    1 fredh    users     2154893 Aug 12 23:04 tightvnc-1.2.9_unixsrc.tar-1.gz
-rw-------    1 fredh    users     2154893 Aug 12 23:04 tightvnc-1.2.9_unixsrc.tar.gz