Re: [OT] question regarding sort(1)

2003-01-26 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 14:12, Bob Proulx wrote: > Vineet Kumar wrote: > > * Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030126 11:22]: > > > On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 11:40, Steve Juranich wrote: > > > > On 26 January 2003 at 10:37, > > > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > What I want, tho

Re: [OT] question regarding sort(1)

2003-01-26 Thread Bob Proulx
Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030126 11:22]: > > On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 11:40, Steve Juranich wrote: > > > On 26 January 2003 at 10:37, > > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > What I want, though, is a straight, dumb ASCII sort based on each whole > > >

RE: [OT] question regarding sort(1)

2003-01-26 Thread Charlie Reiman
> -Original Message- > From: Ron Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 11:03 AM > To: Debian-User > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [OT] question regarding sort(1) > > > On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 11:40, Steve Juranich wrote: >

Re: [OT] question regarding sort(1)

2003-01-26 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030126 11:22]: > On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 11:40, Steve Juranich wrote: > > On 26 January 2003 at 10:37, > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > What I want, though, is a straight, dumb ASCII sort based on each whole > > > line of text, where " " collate

Re: [OT] question regarding sort(1)

2003-01-26 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 11:40, Steve Juranich wrote: > On 26 January 2003 at 10:37, > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What I want, though, is a straight, dumb ASCII sort based on each whole > > line of text, where " " collates before "0", etc. I've looked in the > > man page, but see n

Re: [OT] question regarding sort(1)

2003-01-26 Thread Alan Shutko
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a text file, and part of it is a column of numbers. When I > run sort(1) v4.5.2, it is trying to be clever, sorting on the column > of numbers. I have a sneaking suspicion that export LC_COLLATE=C will cure your problem -- Alan Shutko <[

Re: [OT] question regarding sort(1)

2003-01-26 Thread Steve Juranich
On 26 January 2003 at 10:37, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I want, though, is a straight, dumb ASCII sort based on each whole > line of text, where " " collates before "0", etc. I've looked in the > man page, but see nothing. I guess I'm not quite clear on what you want, but as I

[OT] question regarding sort(1)

2003-01-26 Thread Ron Johnson
Hi, I have a text file, and part of it is a column of numbers. When I run sort(1) v4.5.2, it is trying to be clever, sorting on the column of numbers. What I want, though, is a straight, dumb ASCII sort based on each whole line of text, where " " collates before "0", etc. I've looked in the ma