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bug#7323: sort bug
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Pádraig Brady |
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bug#7323: sort bug |
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Date: |
Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:03:09 +0000 |
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On 03/11/10 14:52, Thomas A Schweiger wrote:
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> I have found an anomaly in the sort utility.
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> If I sort on the 10th pipe delimited field using the command:
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> sort -t\| -k 10 source.dat
That sorts from the 10th field on.
If you just want the 10th field then use -k10,10
If the field is numeric (and not fixed width) use -k10,10n
cheers,
Pádraig.