bug#9562: unexpected sort behaviour

[vijay krishna]

Hello Team,

  May I please know the reason for the following behaviour of the sort
command...

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0 $ sort -k 2 bug2_file2
512 b1
512 b101

0 $ sort bug2_file1
b101 512
b1 512

0 $ sort -k 1 bug2_file1
b101 512
b1 512
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  The output is same with options  '-s', '-g', '-n', '-d' (used one at a
time) also.



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0 $ sort --version
sort (GNU coreutils) 5.97
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There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert.


Regards,
Krishna