On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 01:51:54PM -0400, Lee wrote: > I don't think I'll ever get used to that. I'm just a bit concerned > that setting LC_COLLATE=C is going to break something & I'll have a > heck of a time figuring out it was because I changed the sort order.
As a user, it's your prerogative to set your locale variables however you like. Setting one of them to C is *always* permitted. All that matters is what you prefer. wooledg:~$ printf %s\\n o O oh Ohio ô Ô ó Ó | LC_COLLATE=C sort O Ohio o oh Ó Ô ó ô wooledg:~$ printf %s\\n o O oh Ohio ô Ô ó Ó | LC_COLLATE=en_US.utf8 sort o O ó Ó ô Ô oh Ohio