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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
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Subject: Re: Multiple Field Sorts in UNIX(tm)
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Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 14:41:04 EDT
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>In article <7651@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP I wrote:
>... unless ... global sort flags conflict for two fields.

In article <6153@brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn) replies:
>The bdinr flags are specifiable per-field as well as globally.

Yes, one can indeed specify flags for individual fields.  I missed
that when I scanned the manual; I saw `global sort flags' and alarm
bells went off.  I do think the manual entry could be a bit clearer
about this (although the 4.3BSD entry does use an example with `+2n').
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