ok, where can i figure out what the implications are for setting LC_COLLATE, what the possible values are, and so on? "man -k" doesn't seem to tell me anything.
i'm curious for a couple of reasons. first, as many people have found out, setting LC_COLLATE=C reverts the way filenames are displayed back to the "old" way, where lower/upper case mattered. in addition, i noticed that it also affects how fields in a white-space separated file are sorted. i have a sample file, with an arbitrary number of spaces between the fields to make them line up. the sort command generally requires a "-b" option to collapse consecutive blanks together so that the sort works properly. at least, you need "-b" if LC_COLLATE=C; in other words, to get the old behavior i'm used to. if you haven't set LC_COLLATE=C, then this option is no longer required -- the sort will work fine. so, is there a HOWTO/man page or something that explains all of this COLLATE stuff and its effects on commands somewhere? rday Robert P. J. Day, RHCE, RHCI Eno River Technologies, Chapel Hill NC Unix, Linux and Open Source corporate training http://www.linux-migration.org -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list