bug#42211: Problem in sort

[Richard Freedman]

When I use sort -n -c on a specified column in a file sort reports an error and 
then stops if two numbers are exactly the same. I want the sort to find actual 
sort errors, i.e. number (n+1) < number(n). This negates the use of sort -n -c 
on large files to find files that are actually out of order. Any way to fix 
this ?

regards,

Richard Freedman
rfreedman@seti.org<mailto:rfreedman@seti.org>

richard.s.freedman@nasa.gov<mailto:richard.s.freedman@nasa.gov>