sort -n

[Apua Paquola]

I don't know if it is a bug or a request for a new feature but sort -n
doesn't take into account floating foint values in scientific
notation. (See sort output below).

Thanks,
Apuã

$ sort (GNU textutils) 2.0
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$ sort -n < file
8.02503237684515
8.14014069979627
8.18363723886096e-05
8.18363723886096e-05
8.31689391420718
8.76345959600836
10.3756092554339

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Apuã Paquola
Bioinformatics Group
Biochemistry Department, University of São Paulo
http://bioinfo.iq.usp.br