Subject: Re: bug#12659: the join command bug report!

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 08:14:47 -0700

On 10/17/2012 12:19 AM, Michael wrote:
> # sort -n file1 > file3
> # sort -n file2 > file4
> # join file3 file4

That won't work.  You have to join with the same
sorting order that you sorted with.  This is discussed
in the manual.