Bug 687

Summary: sort with a key broken
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: H. Peter Anvin <hpa+rhbugs>
Component: textutilsAssignee: David Lawrence <dkl>
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Description H. Peter Anvin 1999-01-05 00:35:36 UTC 
"sort" returns the wrong answer when used with a key
specifier.  Since "sort" is used by many scripts, this could
have severe implications:

linux 28 % cat /tmp/test
Alpha Charlie
Bravo Delta
Alpha Foxtrot
Bravo Echo
linux 29 % sort +6 /tmp/test
Alpha Charlie
Alpha Foxtrot
Bravo Delta
Bravo Echo
linux 30 % which sort
/bin/sort
linux 31 % rpm -qf /bin/sort
textutils-1.22-7
Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 1999-01-05 20:59:59 UTC 
This is not a problem for a key specifier in range (i.e try "sort +1")