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Re: sort -nu: bug or feature?
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: sort -nu: bug or feature? |
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Wed, 08 Sep 2004 20:44:44 -0700 |
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"Chris F.A. Johnson" <address@hidden> writes:
> "sort -n" uses a string comparison after aligning the numbers on
> the decimal point, but -u apparently uses a (non-POSIX) numeric
> comparison to determine equivalency:
It's the same comparison, and it conforms to POSIX as far as I can see.
If not, please let us know exactly what the failure-to-conform is.
Re: sort -nu: bug or feature?, Paul Eggert, 2004/09/08
Re: sort -nu: bug or feature?, Stepan Kasal, 2004/09/09