Am 2008-03-08 09:07:41, schrieb Tzafrir Cohen:
> C != en_US
>
> $ ( echo a ; echo B ) | sort
> a
> B
>
> $ ( echo a ; echo B ) | LANG=C sort
> B
> a
>
> $ ( echo a ; echo B ) | LC_COLLATE=C sort
> B
> a
There is something weird:
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16:36:49 [michelle.konzack@tp570.private:~] export LC_ALL=en_US
16:36:59 [michelle.konzack@tp570.private:~] export LANG=en_US
16:37:10 [michelle.konzack@tp570.private:~] locale
LANGUAGE=en:de:fr
LANG=en_US
LC_CTYPE="en_US"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US"
LC_TIME="en_US"
LC_COLLATE="en_US"
LC_MONETARY="en_US"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US"
LC_PAPER="en_US"
LC_NAME="en_US"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US"
LC_ALL=en_US
16:37:12 [michelle.konzack@tp570.private:~] (echo a ; echo B) |sort
a
B
16:37:20 [michelle.konzack@tp570.private:~] (echo a ; echo B) | LANG=C sort
a
B
16:37:30 [michelle.konzack@tp570.private:~] (echo a ; echo B) | LC_COLLATE=C sort
a
B
16:36:49 [michelle.konzack@tp570.private:~] export LC_ALL=C
16:36:59 [michelle.konzack@tp570.private:~] export LANG=C
16:37:10 [michelle.konzack@tp570.private:~] locale
LANGUAGE=en:de:fr
LANG=C
LC_CTYPE="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_MONETARY="C"
LC_MESSAGES="C"
LC_PAPER="C"
LC_NAME="C"
LC_ADDRESS="C"
LC_TELEPHONE="C"
LC_MEASUREMENT="C"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="C"
LC_ALL=C
16:43:47 [michelle.konzack@tp570.private:~] (echo a ; echo B) | sort
B
a
16:43:53 [michelle.konzack@tp570.private:~] (echo a ; echo B) | LANG=en_US sort
B
a
16:43:56 [michelle.konzack@tp570.private:~] (echo a ; echo B) | LC_COLLATE=en_US sort
B
a
16:37:37 [michelle.konzack@tp570.private:~]
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It seems, passing "LANG=en_US" or "LC_COLLATE=en_US" does not take
effect an the same previously with "LANG=C" or "LC_COLLATE=C".
It is ignored...
> The built-in C locale has no sorting order. All others provide ordering
> of characters. And specifically, place each English small cap right
> after the capital one.
>
> And not to mention that en_US does not use ascii. It used ISO-8859-1 and
> now should use UTF-8 like the rest of the civilized world.
If we have different results, then WHAT is different on the system?
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
24V Electronic Engineer
Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
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