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Re: sort parameters question: -V and -f
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Assaf Gordon |
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Re: sort parameters question: -V and -f |
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Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:05:03 -0400 |
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Eric Blake wrote, On 04/06/2011 06:36 PM:
> On 04/06/2011 04:04 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> On 06/04/11 22:26, Assaf Gordon wrote:
>>> I'm wondering if this is a bug (where "-f" is ignored when using version
>>> sort):
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>> The same happens for any ordering option.
>> If any is specified for the key, then all global options are ignored.
>> This is specified by POSIX and here it's demonstrated on solaris:
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> Not only that, but --debug would have told you the same:
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"--debug" did tell me that, but I thought it's a bug, not a feature.
I assumed "-f" is accumulative, not overridden when specifying per-key sort
order - I should have read the docs more carefully.
Thanks for the quick and detailed response.
-gordon