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Re: bug in sort


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: bug in sort
Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 08:10:31 -0600
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According to Weiping Shi on 5/27/2007 12:22 AM:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I noticed "sort" has a bug when sorting the atatched
> example. In gneral, it treats blank/tab at the end
> incorrectly, and get strange and untable results.

Most likely, this is not a bug in sort, but a misunderstanding on your
part as to how locales affect sort.
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#Sort-does-not-sort-in-normal-order_0021

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