Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pegasus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!pegasus!naiman From: naiman@pegasus.UUCP (Ephrayim J. Naiman) Newsgroups: net.unix,net.unix-wizards Subject: sort problems Message-ID: <2040@pegasus.UUCP> Date: Sun, 20-Jan-85 06:40:42 EST Article-I.D.: pegasus.2040 Posted: Sun Jan 20 06:40:42 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 21-Jan-85 02:17:18 EST Organization: AT&T Information Systems, Lincroft NJ Lines: 26 Xref: watmath net.unix:3388 net.unix-wizards:11630Okay you sort experts why do these two sorts not work ? sort << ! Abe Aba ! sort << ! Abe $Aba ! The first one with no matter what combination of sort options I use I can't Aba to come out first (except of course -r). The second one, the '$' seems to screw something up and it comes back with that line empty. Any ideas ? Thanx -- ==> Ephrayim J. Naiman @ AT&T Information Systems Laboratories (201) 576-6259 Paths: [ihnp4, allegra, ahuta, maxvax, cbosgd, lzmi, ...]!pegasus!naiman