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bug in sort (GNU textutils) 2.0a


From: Elon Portugaly
Subject: bug in sort (GNU textutils) 2.0a
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 12:10:25 +0300

Hi,

I encountered a bug in sort (GNU textutils) 2.0a.
Here is the output of 'sort --version':
"
sort (GNU textutils) 2.0a
Written by Mike Haertel.

Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
"

sort does not correctly sort numerical fields:

running 'sort -k1,1n' on the following input:
"
10
100
1
"
produces the following output:
"
1
100
10
"

Thanx, and happy debugging

-Elon Portugaly





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