sort

<[email protected]> Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:57:46 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.textutils.bugs
Message-ID <2004DFAB8CE4DA46976EF145C1CBE15A701613@aeneas.internal.sungard.corp>
I run sort against 2.5 GB file with option=20
-k 1.21

As a result I got sorted file containing chr(26) - EOF in the beginning

It was not happened if I sorted small files. Are there any limitations ?

Sincerely
Michael