On 5/20/21 12:43 PM, Michael Jensen wrote: > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: x86_64 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/bash-a6qmCk/bash-5.0=. > -fstack-protector-stron> > uname output: Linux ubuntu 5.4.0-73-generic #82-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 14 > 17:39:42 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_> > Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 5.0 > Patch Level: 17 > Release Status: release > > Description: > sorting lines where some starts with @ and some doesn't, it will not > sort the lines correct > > Repeat-By: > > echo "xxaxxon" > test.txt > echo "@zorg" >> test.txt > echo "@jupiterlander" >> test.txt > cat test.txt | sort > > Note it prints out: > > @jupiterlander > xxaxxon > @zorg > > Expected: > > @jupiterlander > @zorg > xxaxxon
The "sort" utility is not part of bash, so this is the wrong mailing list for the question. However, you will probably find that your vendor's "sort" utility will act as you expect, if you invoke it like this: cat test.txt | LC_ALL=C sort -- Eli Schwartz Arch Linux Bug Wrangler and Trusted User
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