On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 10:47:00AM -0500, Bill Gradwohl wrote: > I thought I knew how to run sort to get a plain ASCII sort, but apparently I don't. > > I have a file full of random IP addresses, 1 per line. When I sort it with no options, I don't get a pure ASCII sort. > > Here's an example file with just 3 lines: > 12.37.89.3 > 128.52.23.9 > 12.96.86.83 > > Running sort on it with absolutely no options returns the same line order. i.e. cat file|sort > > Editing the file and flipping lines 1 and 3 and then sorting again returns the original line order shown above, so sorting is going on, but its not what I was expecting. How can 128. sort between the two 12. items? > > Anyone know what's going on here? > > I tried -n and -g options but they don't provide an ASCII sort, and they mess up on the 3rd octet. > > I am not sure what is going on in your system byut both sort and sort -n on those three lines gives for me: 12.37.89.3 12.96.86.83 128.52.23.9 which looks ok to me. What did you want to see? -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University 715 Stadium Dr. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
