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bin/51726: sort -n ignored if given after -k
>Number: 51726
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: sort -n ignored if given after -k
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sat Dec 17 17:20:00 +0000 2016
>Originator: David Brownlee
>Release: 7.0_STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD iris.absd.org 7.0_STABLE NetBSD 7.0_STABLE (GENERIC.201610051330Z) amd64
>Description:
If -n is given after -k on the command line it appears to be ignored.
I found a script which was running "sort -k 3 -n -r"
On NetBSD-7 it looks like the -n does not take effect as it happens after the -k 3, while "sort -n -k 3 -r" works as expected
>How-To-Repeat:
Create a file which sorts differently for alpha vs numeric sort, eg,
9
10
Then
sort -k 1 -n ${file}
vs
sort -n -k 1 ${file}
>Fix:
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