Re: ASCII sort

[Pádraig Brady]

John J. Herda wrote:
> I have a problem with the "sort" utility.  I want a
> simple ASCII sort but I cannot seem to get it.  It is
> most frustrating.  I have tried "set LC_ALL=C" and
> several others also but it seemed to have no effect. 
> What can I do?  Please, help me.  Sorting is useless. 

I think you're setting the LC_ALL variable local
to the shell. Yes it is annoying that you have
to know about shell variables in addition to sort
syntax to get ascii sorting.

Here are my notes on sheel variables with specific
reference to this usage: http://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/env.html

Pádraig.