Subject: Maybe a bug in "sort (GNU coreutils) 8.4" report

From: kakaxixi777 <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 15:58:47 +0800

Dear coreutils :
I am a Research and Development Engineer in IT. I met a situation when I use “sort” command in Linux shell which could be a bug for the "sort" command. So I hope you read this email, thank you !

The whole command I used was ：

sort test.txt

And the result was :

20171012|3|2059517|-|8|-|20-24|2|-|2.0|2.0

20171012|3|2059517|-|82|-|25-29|2|-|13.0|12.0

20171012|3|2059517|-|8|-|-2|-2|-|71.0|64.0

20171012|3|2059517|-|82|-|30-34|0|-|2.0|1.0

The content in test.txt was:

20171012|3|2059517|-|8|-|20-24|2|-|2.0|2.0

20171012|3|2059517|-|82|-|25-29|2|-|13.0|12.0

20171012|3|2059517|-|8|-|-2|-2|-|71.0|64.0

20171012|3|2059517|-|82|-|30-34|0|-|2.0|1.0

Which means the “sort” command didn't work, because I think the correct result should be :

20171012|3|2059517|-|8|-|20-24|2|-|2.0|2.0

20171012|3|2059517|-|8|-|20-24|2|-|2.0|2.0

20171012|3|2059517|-|82|-|25-29|2|-|13.0|12.0

20171012|3|2059517|-|82|-|25-29|2|-|13.0|12.0

The version of "sort" command I use is : sort --version

"sort (GNU coreutils) 8.4

Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.

There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert."

I am not sure if it is a bug in "sort" command in Linux Shell or maybe it's only my problems in using it.

So I am look forward to receive your reply as soon as possible.

Thank you very much!

Sincerely yours,

Frank