Re: Error in sort

Instead of

sort -k2 -k3n

you want to say

sort -k2,2 -k3n

otherwise, you're saying "from 2 to the end"

I don't like the semantics myself, but that's the way it goes.

adj


At 4:00 PM +0200 4/8/02, Andreas Erb wrote:
>Hi,
>while sorting a file I encountered a strange behavior:
>
>sorting this file
>a x 10
>d y 1
>b z 1
>b x 1
>c z 4
>d x 3
>
>with
>sort -k2 -k3n tosort
>b x 1
>a x 10
>d x 3
>d y 1
>b z 1
>c z 4
>
>but should be
>
>b x 1
>d x 3
>a x 10
>d y 1
>b z 1
>c z 4
>
>Checked with sort 2.0.10 under Linux and 2.0.21 under cygwin
>
>Regards
>Hearp
>
>
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