numerical sort

[Gerhard Heinzel]

Hello,

I fail to sort a simple ASCII file
that contains two columns of numbers
into proper numerical order (first column)
with gnu sort version 2.0.10:


Here is what happens with "sort -n":
-60.6304 -126.723
-6.00392 -104.131
-59.6326 -126.578

Here is what happens with "sort -d":
-0.05 -0.00784905
0.05 -0.00784905
-0.1 -0.0313996
0.1 -0.0313996
-0.15 -0.0706616
0.15 -0.0706616
-0.2 -0.125652

What's wrong? according to the manual,
both options should work. Of course,
sort without options is not useful here, as expected.

With best greetings
Gerhard Heinzel

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 Gerhard Heinzel                              e-mail: address@hidden
 Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Inst.)
 Institut Hannover, Callinstrasse 38, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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