Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!mcvax!enea!ber From: ber@enea.UUCP Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd Subject: Funny sort Message-ID: <126@enea.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Jul-83 17:03:55 EDT Article-I.D.: enea.126 Posted: Wed Jul 6 17:03:55 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Jul-83 06:07:07 EDT Lines: 23 Can anyone explain why sort (version 4.2 in Berkeley 4.1) seems to include the fiel separation character in the sorting. Well, anyhow in this case. If a file contains a#b a1#b a2#b and one sorts this with sort -t# file the output is identical with that in the file. But if I change all the #'s to :'s, and then sort -t: file, the output is a1:b a2:b a:b (observing that #<1<2<:). I would expect the same result regardless of the delimiter used. Bjorn Eriksen (...!mcvax!enea!ber)