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Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <9B4BB60A-5A43-4557-8360-9AC5EF31FF33@seti.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 42211 Cc: 42211@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) On 7/4/20 2:39 PM, Richard Freedman wrote: > When I use sort -n -c on a specified column in a file sort reports an error and then stops if two numbers are exactly the same. Could you send us the input, and the output of "sort --debug -n -c -k3" (assuming you're using column 3)? My guess is that the output will explain the symptoms you're seeing, but if not then we'd like to see the test case. Thanks. 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Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 42211-done Cc: 42211-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) On 7/5/20 9:53 PM, Richard Freedman wrote: > I discovered that trying to use -c with --debug causes an error - but not in the version that I have > on my mac laptop ! Ah, I had meant to suggest using --debug without -c. > when I try to specify a "key" even for a file with only 1 column - the program stops on consecutive entries > that are identical. When all keys compare equal, 'sort' falls back on a last-resort comparison of the entire line to break ties, and it's finding that your lines are out of order. You don't want 'sort' to do that, so you should specify the -s (--stable) option. -s is a GNU extension. Closing the bug report, as this should fix the problem for you. From unknown Wed Aug 20 05:43:18 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2020 11:24:04 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator