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sort 2.0; off by one in -k char position
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Scott Schwartz |
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sort 2.0; off by one in -k char position |
Date: |
13 Jun 2002 01:03:31 -0400 |
Date: |
Thu, 13 Jun 2002 01:03:31 -0400 |
$ sort --version
sort (GNU textutils) 2.0
As seen using the enclosed test data, gnu sort appears to misinterpret
the character position component of the -k flag. Sun's sort program
works as expected, and gnu sort behaves the same way if the offsets
are decremented.
sun sort, correct: sort -f -k 2n -k 2.6M,2.8
gnu sort, wrong: sort -f -k 2n -k 2.6M,2.8
gnu sort, oops: sort -f -k 2n -k 2.7M,2.9
Sample input,
192 2000-September.txt.bz2
80 2000-October.txt.bz2
152 2000-November.txt.bz2
88 2000-December.txt.bz2
428 2001-January.txt.bz2
156 2001-February.txt.bz2
104 2001-March.txt.bz2
260 2001-April.txt.bz2
192 2001-May.txt.bz2
172 2001-June.txt.bz2
136 2001-July.txt.bz2
168 2001-August.txt.bz2
1016 2001-September.txt.bz2
216 2001-October.txt.bz2
252 2001-November.txt.bz2
108 2001-December.txt.bz2
128 2002-January.txt.bz2
208 2002-February.txt.bz2
192 2002-March.txt.bz2
292 2002-April.txt.bz2
384 2002-May.txt.bz2
240 2002-June.txt
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