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bug#8124: sort utilty?
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Eric Blake |
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bug#8124: sort utilty? |
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Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:34:23 -0700 |
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On 02/26/2011 11:28 AM, Betty J Barr wrote:
> I have used the "unix" sort for years without trouble, but suddenly
> something weird is happening. I have a student whose last name is Khan,
> and a student whose last name is Khanal,. The comma immediately follows
> the last name. Obviously Khan should be sorted before Khanal, both from
> the English standpoint and based on the ASCI code for a comma. But it is
> not. Khanal comes first. Why?
Because you are using a locale that regards punctuation as insignificant
in collation sequences.
See this FAQ, then try 'LC_ALL=C sort ...' to see the difference.
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#Sort-does-not-sort-in-normal-order_0021
Also, newer coreutils (the latest is 8.10) includes 'sort --debug' to
help diagnose problems like this.
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Eric Blake address@hidden +1-801-349-2682
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