FW: sort problem

[Macbeth, Michael]

> I am using RedHat 6.1 sort FSF version 2.0
> 
> Try sorting these three lines: eg sort -b
> A2    2
> A1    2
> A      2
> 
> The order is: (WRONG!)
> A1    2
> A      1
> A2    2
> 
> The order should be: (as in RedHat 4.2 GNU textutils) 1.22
> A     2
> A1   2
> A2   2
> 
> Hmmm.
> 
> Is there a bug fix?  The original 4.2 sort seems to work OK on the 6.1
> platform.
> 
> 
> 
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