Re: bin/45123: sort(1) -k field descriptions should take +[0-9]

[Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost>]

On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 04:55:02PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
>  On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 12:35:00PM +0000, jkoshy%users.sf.net@localhost 
> wrote:
>  > >Number:         45123
>  > >Category:       bin
>  > >Synopsis:       'sort -k +3' should work.
>  
>  At a guess this is due to the way that the traditional 'sort +3' is converted
>  into a '-k xxx' option prior to the fixed argv being passed to getopt().

Hmm. On 5.1:

        $ sort -k +3 
        sort: field numbers must be positive

But on 5.99.54:

        $ sort -k +3
        a b c
        d d a
        a b x
        d d a
        a b c
        a b x

So it seems to work.

- Jukka.