On Tue, 13 Mar 2012, David Laight wrote:
hmmmm, host sort(1) dependancy. perhaps we need a TOOL_SORT.Posix deprected the +n terms (even our sort hacks argv[]). Shame, because they are what my fingers know about.
I haven't yet seen a problem report that indicates a need for a TOOL_SORT. Until now, it has always been enough to use the POSIXish "-k" options instead of the traditional "+" and "-" options
--apb (Alan Barrett)