Bug 687 – sort with a key broken

Bug 687 - sort with a key broken

Summary:	sort with a key broken

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	textutils (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5.2
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	David Lawrence
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Reported:	1999-01-04 19:35 EST by H. Peter Anvin
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	1999-01-05 15:59:33 EST
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Description H. Peter Anvin 1999-01-04 19:35:36 EST

"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 15:59:59 EST

This is not a problem for a key specifier in range (i.e try "sort +1")

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