Re: sort and multiple -k options

[Andreas Schwab]

Mike Frysinger <address@hidden> writes:

> i want to have the files sorted by (1) path then (2) file name then (3) cfg 
> order.  so i use this:
> sort -t% -k2 -k4 -k3

Your sort keys overlap.  A sort key that is a proper subset of another
one never changes the resulting sort order, and is thus effectively
ignored.

  -k, --key=POS1[,POS2]     start a key at POS1 (origin 1), end it at POS2
                            (default end of line)
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Andreas.

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