Re: Possible bug in "sort"

[Eric Blake]

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According to Béla Horváth on 8/9/2007 7:18 AM:
> I have a problem with "sort" (I tested it on ubuntu 7.04, on Mac OSX, and on 
> AIX too, and they are identical)

Actually, this seems like a misunderstanding on your part as to how sort
works.

> 
> I try to sort the attached file. Field separator is <tab>, but in the 
> timestamp field between date and time there is a <space>, not a <tab>. 
> I have to sort as first key for timestamp (field 3) - "string like", and as 
> second key for sequence number, (field 6) - "numeric like".
> 
> sort -t\<tab> -k3 ts.txt

That says to use the string from the third field to the end of the line as
the sort key.  You probably meant:

sort -t\<tab> -k3,3 ts.txt

which says to use ONLY the third field as the sort key.  Likewise for your
other examples.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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