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bug#70599: join vs. numeric order
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Dan Jacobson |
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bug#70599: join vs. numeric order |
Date: |
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 06:55:08 +0800 |
(info "(coreutils) Sorting files for join") needs to talk about numeric
order.
$ seq 111|join --check-order - /dev/null
join: -:10: is not sorted: 10
So the info manual needs to mention 'Even though your files might be in
perfect "sort --numeric-sort" order, you need to make them into plain
"sort" order first. Sorry. At least you'll get the same number of joins.'
Or, add a new join -n option. The join man page could now say:
'-n: use numeric comparisons. Note sort order also needs to be "sort -n" order.'
And / or mention how the user might tinker with LC_NUMERIC and / or
LC_COLLATE to somehow achieve numeric sorting...
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