Chet Ramey wrote: > Bruce Korb wrote: > > $ unset LC_COLLATE > > If LC_COLLATE is unset, LC_ALL and LANG both affect the collating > order.
Aha! So that is where the apparent "system default locale" comes from. $ locale | grep COLL LC_COLLATE=POSIX $ unset LC_COLLATE $ locale | grep COLL LC_COLLATE="en_GB.utf8" $ unset LANG $ locale | grep COLL LC_COLLATE="POSIX" Thanks, mystery solved. Benno _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash