Bug in unix sort command

[Lyon]

Hello

Re running sort on list of words

The sort option -u, without -c, should output only the first of an equal 
run, but it outputs  more than 1 equal entries.

It seems that non-printing chars, e.g. a space at the end of the word, are 
included in the comparison for dups. Could there be an option that 
compares printing chars only?

Caroline Lyon
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