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!mzal From: mzal@pegasus.UUCP (Mike Zaleski) Newsgroups: net.unix,net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Sort problems Message-ID: <2041@pegasus.UUCP> Date: Sun, 20-Jan-85 17:02:52 EST Article-I.D.: pegasus.2041 Posted: Sun Jan 20 17:02:52 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 21-Jan-85 03:33:07 EST Organization: AT&T Information Systems, Lincroft NJ Lines: 23 Xref: watmath net.unix:3393 net.unix-wizards:11639 From: naiman@pegasus.UUCP (Ephrayim J. Naiman) Okay you sort experts why do these two sorts not work ? sort << ! Abe Aba ! This output is correct. Space is less than 'A' in the ASCII sequence, which is how sort sorts by default. The -b option should cause leading blanks to be ignored. When I tried it with this input, it did not work. sort << ! Abe $Aba ! Try escaping the $ with a backslash when entering this to the shell. By the way, the ASCII value of '$' is also less than that of 'A'. -- Mike^Z [allegra!, ihnp4!] pegasus!mzal Zaleski@Rutgers