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Re: Need help understanding sort tests
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: Need help understanding sort tests |
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Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:33:01 +0100 |
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Andy Jewell <address@hidden> writes:
> Here are the commands, and the expected output. (The tests are 10f and
> 10g).
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> sort -t : -k 1.3,1.3
> :ba
> :ab
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> sort -k 1.4,1.4
> b ba
> a ab
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>
> In both of these cases it seems that the explicit -k matches an empty
> string,
The ranges endpoints are inclusive.
Andreas.
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