Bug 7020 - sort doesn't work
Summary: sort doesn't work
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: textutils
Version: 6.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
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: 10117 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-11-15 17:43 UTC by Timur
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-11-22 17:18:20 UTC

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Description Timur 1999-11-15 17:43:16 UTC 
sort doesn't work in binary mode properly.
Input:
ADa
aba
ADc
Output:
aba
ADa
ADc
Correct output:
ADa
ADc
aba
Just figure out, how many people uses sort in their scripts. In example,
vim+ctags doesn't work, cuz ctags uses sort as external sort program, and
vim by default doesn't understand unsorted tags files.
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-11-15 19:11:59 UTC 
sort is paying attention to locales now. What's your locale setting?
Comment 2 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 1999-11-22 17:18:59 UTC 
It's not a bug, it's a feature - the new sort is POSIX compliant, therefore
some flags have changed. (See info sort)
Comment 3 Jeff Johnson 2000-03-11 18:00:59 UTC 
*** Bug 10117 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 sidlon 2000-03-11 19:00:59 UTC 
While this isn't a bug in sort, isn't it a problem with the RH6.1 distribution that the default installation doesn't set the LC_ALL variable to work with sort 2.0?  Considering how many people depend on the sort command, it shouldn't take additional tinkering to install RH and have a usable sort.
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