On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 09:35:25AM +1200, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > In the C locale, all uppercase letters are sorted before all lowercase > letters: > > $ echo -e "buster\nStretch" | LC_COLLATE=C sort > Stretch > buster > > In en_GB, by comparison: > > $ echo -e "buster\nStretch" | LC_COLLATE=en_GB.utf8 sort > buster > Stretch wow, madness. thanks. (maybe just mild madness... :) > -- > Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> > Director > Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> > New Zealand I now wondered if it's not only en_GB.utf8 which is "different", but also the NZ and US variants sort like that (and so differently than C)... not sure if en_FR.utf8 exist, but using it, it sorts differently / like C ;) (probably because it doesnt exist, thus the default, C, is used.) -- cheers, Holger
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