bug#80550: Mention sorting on the last field

Dan Jacobson <[email protected]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:56:26 +0800

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs
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$ info sort
‘-k POS1[,POS2]’
‘--key=POS1[,POS2]’
     Specify a sort field that consists of the part of the line between
     POS1 and POS2 (or the end of the line, if POS2 is omitted),
     _inclusive_.

In the document do mention if negative filed numbers will ever be added,
like perl. Or if users should give up waiting and just use one of the
many workarounds.