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sort.exe cannot do ascii ordering but help says it can.
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CONFIDENTIAL & RESTRICTED
Hello,
C:\gener\gnuutils>\bin\sort --version
sort (GNU coreutils) 5.3.0
Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert.
Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Usage: \bin\sort [OPTION]... [FILE]...
Write sorted concatenation of all FILE(s) to standard output.
Ordering options:
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-b, --ignore-leading-blanks ignore leading blanks
-d, --dictionary-order consider only blanks and alphanumeric characters
-f, --ignore-case fold lower case to upper case characters
-g, --general-numeric-sort compare according to general numerical value
-i, --ignore-nonprinting consider only printable characters
-M, --month-sort compare (unknown) < `JAN' < ... < `DEC'
-n, --numeric-sort compare according to string numerical value
-r, --reverse reverse the result of comparisons
Other options:
-c, --check check whether input is sorted; do not sort
-k, --key=POS1[,POS2] start a key at POS1, end it at POS 2 (origin 1)
-m, --merge merge already sorted files; do not sort
-o, --output=FILE write result to FILE instead of standard output
-s, --stable stabilize sort by disabling last-resort comparison
-S, --buffer-size=SIZE use SIZE for main memory buffer
-t, --field-separator=SEP use SEP instead of non-blank to blank transition
-T, --temporary-directory=DIR use DIR for temporaries, not $TMPDIR or /tmp;
multiple options specify multiple directories
-u, --unique with -c, check for strict ordering;
without -c, output only the first of an equal run
-z, --zero-terminated end lines with 0 byte, not newline
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
POS is F[.C][OPTS], where F is the field number and C the character position
in the field. OPTS is one or more single-letter ordering options, which
override global ordering options for that key. If no key is given, use the
entire line as the key.
SIZE may be followed by the following multiplicative suffixes:
% 1% of memory, b 1, K 1024 (default), and so on for M, G, T, P, E, Z, Y.
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
*** WARNING ***
The locale specified by the environment affects sort order.
Set LC_ALL=C to get the traditional sort order that uses
native byte values.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>.
C:\gener\gnuutils>notepad help
C:\gener\gnuutils>type test.dat
bbbb
aaaa
ZZZZ
BBBB
C:\gener\gnuutils>set LC_ALL=C
C:\gener\gnuutils>\bin\sort test.dat
aaaa
bbbb
BBBB
ZZZZ
C:\gener\gnuutils>
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Message #8 received at 48070 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
On 4/27/21 7:39 PM, Peter SMITH1 (contractor) via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:
> CONFIDENTIAL & RESTRICTED
This cannot be enforced on a public mailing list, for obvious reasons.
> Hello,
>
> C:\gener\gnuutils>\bin\sort --version
> sort (GNU coreutils) 5.3.0
> Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert.
>
> Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is a report with a 16-year-old version of the tool.
Not sure if the issue - if any - still exists in the current version (8.32)
Furthermore, you are using a Windows binary - usually one would try to
seek help at the creator of that, i.e., the distributor, first.
> C:\gener\gnuutils>type test.dat
> bbbb
> aaaa
> ZZZZ
> BBBB
>
> C:\gener\gnuutils>set LC_ALL=C
>
> C:\gener\gnuutils>\bin\sort test.dat
> aaaa
> bbbb
> BBBB
> ZZZZ
>
> C:\gener\gnuutils>
It seems that the locale information available to sort differs from that
of a current system:
$ env LC_ALL=C sort test.dat
BBBB
ZZZZ
aaaa
bbbb
or that your version of sort enables case-folding (-f):
$ LC_ALL=C sort -f test.dat
aaaa
BBBB
bbbb
ZZZZ
As the version you are using is that old, and the environment is quite different,
I'm afraid we cannot help much here. First, I'd try to get a newer build and
see if the problem still exists.
Have a nice day,
Berny
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