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From: dougc@tekecs.UUCP (Doug Campbell)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: /bin/sort bug
Message-ID: <1985@tekecs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 31-Aug-83 12:57:37 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 31 12:57:37 1983
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If you specify the sort to be performed on only one field
you cannot specify a specific ordering for the other unsorted
fields.  The ordering for the unsorted fields is nondeterministic.
Therefore, I do not agree that sort should be producing the
"expected result" you posted.  (Various sorting algorithms will
produce diferent results in the unsorted fields.)


I do not feel this is a bug in /bin/sort.  If you really need
the "expected result" you posted, you should not be using
/bin/sort.

Doug Campbell