Hi thanks for the fast response. -k2,2 does indeed fix it. Is the functionality of -k2 intentional? I can't easily give you the complete output from locale as I'm emailing from a phone since the source system is on a secure LAN, but it's all set to en_US.UTF-8. Many thanksSimon
-------- Original message -------- From: Pádraig Brady <p...@draigbrady.com> Date: 23/09/2015 23:06 (GMT+00:00) To: si...@guerrero.net Subject: [Bug 1498973] Re: sort fails to order correctly on CSV files You probably want -k2,2 to restrict the comparison to just that field. What's the output from `locale` as a matter of interest -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1498973 Title: sort fails to order correctly on CSV files Status in coreutils package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Using latest coreutils 8.21-1ubuntu5.1 on Trusty, installed via apt- get from the standard repositories. Given a file of UK postcodes which includes an erroneous (shorted) one, e.g. AB234DA CA87BJ BA23NN AB234D BA572LD AB234DA The command 'sort filename' correctly orders the file: AB234D AB234DA AB234DA BA23NN BA572LD CA87BJ Note the shorter of the set of "AB234D" matches is at the start of the file. However, if the file is a .csv file with lines such as: "Some string",AB234DA,15,29.1,"another string",45.2,66.7,19,NULL,hello,99,0,1 ...the command 'sort -k2 -d -t","' doesn't handle the shorter string correctly, so it results in: "Some string",AB234DA,15,29.1,"another string",45.2,66.7,19,NULL,hello,99,0,1 "Some string",AB234D,15,29.1,"another string",45.2,66.7,19,NULL,hello,99,0,1 "Some string",AB234DA,15,29.1,"another string",45.2,66.7,19,NULL,hello,99,0,1 "Some string",BA23NN,15,29.1,"another string",45.2,66.7,19,NULL,hello,99,0,1 "Some string",BA572LD,15,29.1,"another string",45.2,66.7,19,NULL,hello,99,0,1 "Some string",CA87BJ,15,29.1,"another string",45.2,66.7,19,NULL,hello,99,0,1 Note that AB234D is left between its longer relatives, whereas it should appear first. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/1498973/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1498973 Title: sort fails to order correctly on CSV files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/1498973/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
