Re: Problem with 'sort' command in Mac OS X 10.4.10

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Mallika Veeramalai wrote:

> I find it there are some problem in using the 'sort' command to sort a
> data-file, in Mac OS X 10.4.10

> For eg:

> The command 'sort -g -k 1 t.txt' gives the following result. (actually I am
> doing a generic sort based on column 1)

> 1.46e-01 N
> 1.46e-13 H
> 1.53e-11 H
> 1.54e-03 H

> The correct answer should be:

> 1.46e-13 H
> 1.53e-11 H
> 1.54e-03 H
> 1.46e-01 N

> I think this 'sort' problem exist in every where, even when we use the 'ls
> -trl' command.

> Any comments?

Yes.  `sort` is not part of any X implementation, so you posted this to the 
wrong list.

Marc.

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