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Re: sort (-g) [offtopic]



On 27-02-2018, at 08h 36'51", Greg Wooledge wrote about "Re: sort (-g) [offtopic]"
> > Did I miss anything?
> 
> Well, this program certainly is ... unusual.  Doesn't just *work* by
> default.  No examples in the man page.  Anyway, it looks like you
> forgot to specify numeric comparison.
> 
> wooledg:~$ printf %s\\n III IX IV V X VII VI VIII | msort -q -w -l -c N -y any
> III
> IV
> V
> VI
> VII
> VIII
> IX
> X

Yes, you mean the -c. I supposed that if I use the -y option then -c
would be implied. But you are right that this is an unusual piece of
code...


Ionel


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