From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Sep 02 11:47:56 2010 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Sep 2010 15:47:56 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OrC15-00053J-8j for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:47:56 -0400 Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166] helo=mx10.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Or619-0001BC-LZ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:23:36 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]:33155) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Or62o-0001cm-5q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:25:18 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=49481 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Or62m-0005qm-2F for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:25:17 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Or62k-0004Ac-EN for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:25:15 -0400 Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]:53139 helo=mail.gmx.net) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Or62k-0004AM-2Z for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:25:14 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 02 Sep 2010 09:25:11 -0000 Received: from dslb-094-222-211-128.pools.arcor-ip.net (EHLO [192.168.111.233]) [94.222.211.128] by mail.gmx.net (mp059) with SMTP; 02 Sep 2010 11:25:11 +0200 X-Authenticated: #19955469 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+aHG1qAvGaRAIU1t3kLKex88LUXFDK0jOQzp6aFb cNMuoAymsmC4/C Message-ID: <4C7F6D76.8040106@gmx.de> Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:25:10 +0200 From: saddy User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11) Gecko/20100713 Thunderbird/3.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Subject: bug in sorting floats Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Spam-Score: -5.9 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:47:53 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -5.9 (-----) Hi, I want to sort a file by the 6th column: test.txt AvrBs2<- Fer2 -> XopE1 0.0844155844155844 ((1.1e+03)*(1.1e+03)) AvrBs2<- UPF0302 -> XopE1 0 ((40)*(5.2e+02)) AvrBs1<- Calc_CGRP_IAPP -> XopH 0.1 ((2.6e+02)*(4.2e+02)) AvrBs2<- DUF3248 -> XopE1 0.0476190476190476 ((7.6e+02)*(5.7e+02)) AvrBs2<- MIG-14_Wnt-bd -> XopE1 0 ((3.6e+03)*(3.6e+03)) XopX<- Zw10 -> XopJ1 0.0218487394957983 ((1.6e+02)*(7e+02)) XopX<- Zw10 -> XopJ2 0.019327731092437 ((1.6e+02)*(1.7e+03)) AvrBs1<- 3H -> XopJ4 0.153061224489796 ((3.4e+02)*(25)) AvrBs2<- Ubiq_cyt_C_chap -> XopE1 0 ((7.6e+02)*(1.8e+03)) There's no sort option to do that correctly: saddy@lapsdy:~$ sort -k6g test.txt AvrBs1<- 3H -> XopJ4 0.153061224489796 ((3.4e+02)*(25)) AvrBs1<- Calc_CGRP_IAPP -> XopH 0.1 ((2.6e+02)*(4.2e+02)) AvrBs2<- DUF3248 -> XopE1 0.0476190476190476 ((7.6e+02)*(5.7e+02)) AvrBs2<- Fer2 -> XopE1 0.0844155844155844 ((1.1e+03)*(1.1e+03)) AvrBs2<- MIG-14_Wnt-bd -> XopE1 0 ((3.6e+03)*(3.6e+03)) AvrBs2<- Ubiq_cyt_C_chap -> XopE1 0 ((7.6e+02)*(1.8e+03)) AvrBs2<- UPF0302 -> XopE1 0 ((40)*(5.2e+02)) XopX<- Zw10 -> XopJ1 0.0218487394957983 ((1.6e+02)*(7e+02)) XopX<- Zw10 -> XopJ2 0.019327731092437 ((1.6e+02)*(1.7e+03)) saddy@lapsdy:~$ sort -k6n test.txt AvrBs2<- MIG-14_Wnt-bd -> XopE1 0 ((3.6e+03)*(3.6e+03)) AvrBs2<- Ubiq_cyt_C_chap -> XopE1 0 ((7.6e+02)*(1.8e+03)) AvrBs2<- UPF0302 -> XopE1 0 ((40)*(5.2e+02)) AvrBs1<- Calc_CGRP_IAPP -> XopH 0.1 ((2.6e+02)*(4.2e+02)) XopX<- Zw10 -> XopJ2 0.019327731092437 ((1.6e+02)*(1.7e+03)) AvrBs1<- 3H -> XopJ4 0.153061224489796 ((3.4e+02)*(25)) XopX<- Zw10 -> XopJ1 0.0218487394957983 ((1.6e+02)*(7e+02)) AvrBs2<- DUF3248 -> XopE1 0.0476190476190476 ((7.6e+02)*(5.7e+02)) AvrBs2<- Fer2 -> XopE1 0.0844155844155844 ((1.1e+03)*(1.1e+03)) saddy@lapsdy:~$ sort -k6 test.txt XopX<- Zw10 -> XopJ2 0.019327731092437 ((1.6e+02)*(1.7e+03)) XopX<- Zw10 -> XopJ1 0.0218487394957983 ((1.6e+02)*(7e+02)) AvrBs2<- DUF3248 -> XopE1 0.0476190476190476 ((7.6e+02)*(5.7e+02)) AvrBs2<- Fer2 -> XopE1 0.0844155844155844 ((1.1e+03)*(1.1e+03)) AvrBs1<- Calc_CGRP_IAPP -> XopH 0.1 ((2.6e+02)*(4.2e+02)) AvrBs1<- 3H -> XopJ4 0.153061224489796 ((3.4e+02)*(25)) AvrBs2<- MIG-14_Wnt-bd -> XopE1 0 ((3.6e+03)*(3.6e+03)) AvrBs2<- UPF0302 -> XopE1 0 ((40)*(5.2e+02)) AvrBs2<- Ubiq_cyt_C_chap -> XopE1 0 ((7.6e+02)*(1.8e+03)) Best regards From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Sep 02 11:48:46 2010 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Sep 2010 15:48:46 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OrC1u-00054D-3P for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:48:46 -0400 Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166] helo=mx10.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Or6Fc-0001HI-PV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:38:33 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]:36836) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Or6HH-0001kl-Jr for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:40:15 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=39992 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Or6HF-0005Oq-V9 for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:40:15 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Or6HE-0006Px-MQ for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:40:13 -0400 Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]:38765 helo=mail.gmx.net) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Or6HE-0006PT-6d for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:40:12 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 02 Sep 2010 09:40:09 -0000 Received: from dslb-094-222-211-128.pools.arcor-ip.net (EHLO [192.168.111.233]) [94.222.211.128] by mail.gmx.net (mp015) with SMTP; 02 Sep 2010 11:40:09 +0200 X-Authenticated: #19955469 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+qpVYE7OOq/cG8On59klAmQE8wBG8/TNGi7XCLFQ sSqeFU4Cge94gc Message-ID: <4C7F70FA.2050801@gmx.de> Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:40:10 +0200 From: saddy User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11) Gecko/20100713 Thunderbird/3.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Subject: Re: bug in sorting floats References: <4C7F6D76.8040106@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <4C7F6D76.8040106@gmx.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Spam-Score: -5.9 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:48:44 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -5.9 (-----) Seems to be fixed since version 8.5. saddy@lapsdy:~$ sort --version sort (GNU coreutils) 7.4 Am 02.09.2010 11:25, schrieb saddy: > Hi, I want to sort a file by the 6th column: > > test.txt > > AvrBs2<- Fer2 -> XopE1 0.0844155844155844 ((1.1e+03)*(1.1e+03)) > AvrBs2<- UPF0302 -> XopE1 0 ((40)*(5.2e+02)) > AvrBs1<- Calc_CGRP_IAPP -> XopH 0.1 ((2.6e+02)*(4.2e+02)) > AvrBs2<- DUF3248 -> XopE1 0.0476190476190476 ((7.6e+02)*(5.7e+02)) > AvrBs2<- MIG-14_Wnt-bd -> XopE1 0 ((3.6e+03)*(3.6e+03)) > XopX<- Zw10 -> XopJ1 0.0218487394957983 ((1.6e+02)*(7e+02)) > XopX<- Zw10 -> XopJ2 0.019327731092437 ((1.6e+02)*(1.7e+03)) > AvrBs1<- 3H -> XopJ4 0.153061224489796 ((3.4e+02)*(25)) > AvrBs2<- Ubiq_cyt_C_chap -> XopE1 0 ((7.6e+02)*(1.8e+03)) > > There's no sort option to do that correctly: > > saddy@lapsdy:~$ sort -k6g test.txt > AvrBs1<- 3H -> XopJ4 0.153061224489796 ((3.4e+02)*(25)) > AvrBs1<- Calc_CGRP_IAPP -> XopH 0.1 ((2.6e+02)*(4.2e+02)) > AvrBs2<- DUF3248 -> XopE1 0.0476190476190476 ((7.6e+02)*(5.7e+02)) > AvrBs2<- Fer2 -> XopE1 0.0844155844155844 ((1.1e+03)*(1.1e+03)) > AvrBs2<- MIG-14_Wnt-bd -> XopE1 0 ((3.6e+03)*(3.6e+03)) > AvrBs2<- Ubiq_cyt_C_chap -> XopE1 0 ((7.6e+02)*(1.8e+03)) > AvrBs2<- UPF0302 -> XopE1 0 ((40)*(5.2e+02)) > XopX<- Zw10 -> XopJ1 0.0218487394957983 ((1.6e+02)*(7e+02)) > XopX<- Zw10 -> XopJ2 0.019327731092437 ((1.6e+02)*(1.7e+03)) > > saddy@lapsdy:~$ sort -k6n test.txt > AvrBs2<- MIG-14_Wnt-bd -> XopE1 0 ((3.6e+03)*(3.6e+03)) > AvrBs2<- Ubiq_cyt_C_chap -> XopE1 0 ((7.6e+02)*(1.8e+03)) > AvrBs2<- UPF0302 -> XopE1 0 ((40)*(5.2e+02)) > AvrBs1<- Calc_CGRP_IAPP -> XopH 0.1 ((2.6e+02)*(4.2e+02)) > XopX<- Zw10 -> XopJ2 0.019327731092437 ((1.6e+02)*(1.7e+03)) > AvrBs1<- 3H -> XopJ4 0.153061224489796 ((3.4e+02)*(25)) > XopX<- Zw10 -> XopJ1 0.0218487394957983 ((1.6e+02)*(7e+02)) > AvrBs2<- DUF3248 -> XopE1 0.0476190476190476 ((7.6e+02)*(5.7e+02)) > AvrBs2<- Fer2 -> XopE1 0.0844155844155844 ((1.1e+03)*(1.1e+03)) > > saddy@lapsdy:~$ sort -k6 test.txt > XopX<- Zw10 -> XopJ2 0.019327731092437 ((1.6e+02)*(1.7e+03)) > XopX<- Zw10 -> XopJ1 0.0218487394957983 ((1.6e+02)*(7e+02)) > AvrBs2<- DUF3248 -> XopE1 0.0476190476190476 ((7.6e+02)*(5.7e+02)) > AvrBs2<- Fer2 -> XopE1 0.0844155844155844 ((1.1e+03)*(1.1e+03)) > AvrBs1<- Calc_CGRP_IAPP -> XopH 0.1 ((2.6e+02)*(4.2e+02)) > AvrBs1<- 3H -> XopJ4 0.153061224489796 ((3.4e+02)*(25)) > AvrBs2<- MIG-14_Wnt-bd -> XopE1 0 ((3.6e+03)*(3.6e+03)) > AvrBs2<- UPF0302 -> XopE1 0 ((40)*(5.2e+02)) > AvrBs2<- Ubiq_cyt_C_chap -> XopE1 0 ((7.6e+02)*(1.8e+03)) > > > Best regards > From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Sep 02 13:33:40 2010 Received: (at 6972) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Sep 2010 17:33:40 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OrDfP-0005jb-T2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:33:40 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OrDfN-0005jV-JS for 6972@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:33:38 -0400 Received: from int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o82HZKGX002206 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 2 Sep 2010 13:35:20 -0400 Received: from [10.3.113.60] (ovpn-113-60.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.60]) by int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o82HZJDL014980; Thu, 2 Sep 2010 13:35:20 -0400 Message-ID: <4C7FE057.7080904@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:35:19 -0600 From: Eric Blake Organization: Red Hat User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100806 Fedora/3.1.2-1.fc13 Mnenhy/0.8.3 Thunderbird/3.1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: saddy Subject: Re: bug#6972: bug in sorting floats References: <4C7F6D76.8040106@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <4C7F6D76.8040106@gmx.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 10.5.11.11 X-Spam-Score: -10.0 (----------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 6972 Cc: 6972@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -10.0 (----------) On 09/02/2010 03:25 AM, saddy wrote: > Hi, I want to sort a file by the 6th column: > > test.txt > > AvrBs2<- Fer2 -> XopE1 0.0844155844155844 ((1.1e+03)*(1.1e+03)) > AvrBs2<- UPF0302 -> XopE1 0 ((40)*(5.2e+02)) > AvrBs1<- Calc_CGRP_IAPP -> XopH 0.1 ((2.6e+02)*(4.2e+02)) > AvrBs2<- DUF3248 -> XopE1 0.0476190476190476 ((7.6e+02)*(5.7e+02)) > AvrBs2<- MIG-14_Wnt-bd -> XopE1 0 ((3.6e+03)*(3.6e+03)) > XopX<- Zw10 -> XopJ1 0.0218487394957983 ((1.6e+02)*(7e+02)) > XopX<- Zw10 -> XopJ2 0.019327731092437 ((1.6e+02)*(1.7e+03)) > AvrBs1<- 3H -> XopJ4 0.153061224489796 ((3.4e+02)*(25)) > AvrBs2<- Ubiq_cyt_C_chap -> XopE1 0 ((7.6e+02)*(1.8e+03)) Thanks for the report. However, I fail to see what you are trying to do in the first place, to state whether the issue is a problem in your usage of sort (likely) or a bug in sort itself (less likely, but it has been known to happen). Exactly what order are you expecting? Column 6 is not a floating point number, but an arithmetic expression, so asking to sort by column 6 doesn't really make sense to me. Using the new (post-8.5) sort --debug feature is telling: $ sort --debug -k6g test.txt sort: using `en_US.UTF-8' sorting rules sort: key 1 is numeric and spans multiple fields AvrBs1<- 3H -> XopJ4 0.153061224489796 ((3.4e+02)*(25)) ^ no match for key ________________________________________________________ ... Did you mean sorting by column 5, as in 0.153061224489796, in which case you should be using -k5,5g? Or are you actually trying to sort by the value that would be computed if you performed floating point arithmetic on the expressions, such as ((3.4e+02)*25)) sorting equivalent to 85.0? Sort does not support performing math on a sort column, and I don't think that is a feature that anyone has ever been clamoring for; to sort by a computed value, you'd have to run the computation independently. -- Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Sep 02 14:08:46 2010 Received: (at 6972) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Sep 2010 18:08:46 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OrEDO-0005vv-8L for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:08:46 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OrEDM-0005vo-2b for 6972@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:08:45 -0400 Received: from int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o82IARHZ030126 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:10:27 -0400 Received: from [10.3.113.60] (ovpn-113-60.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.60]) by int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o82IAQW7016181; Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:10:26 -0400 Message-ID: <4C7FE892.90408@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:10:26 -0600 From: Eric Blake Organization: Red Hat User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100806 Fedora/3.1.2-1.fc13 Mnenhy/0.8.3 Thunderbird/3.1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: saddy , 6972@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#6972: bug in sorting floats References: <4C7F6D76.8040106@gmx.de> <4C7FE057.7080904@redhat.com> <4C7FE502.6060309@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <4C7FE502.6060309@gmx.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 10.5.11.12 X-Spam-Score: -10.0 (----------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 6972 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -10.0 (----------) [forwarding on your mail to the list, to close this out] On 09/02/2010 11:55 AM, saddy wrote: > Thanks for your reply. In my last mail some spaces have been lost, so > now indeed it is line 5 to sort. The spaces were gone before your original mail hit my inbox. From the mail headers of your original mail, I see you use Thunderbird: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11) Gecko/20100713 Thunderbird/3.0.6 which has a known issue where pasting text or replying to a prior email can result in Tbird eating spaces prior to words starting with <, >, and &. That's probably the explanation. > I've found out that it has been my fault. I have locale de_DE.UTF-8, > therefore sort is assuming ',' for floats. With en locale it's working > fine. Ah, an issue with locales. And yes, the new 'sort --debug' tries to make locale issues obvious, since that's the first thing it outputs: >> $ sort --debug -k6g test.txt >> sort: using `en_US.UTF-8' sorting rules Glad to know it's not a bug. -- Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun Aug 07 12:26:24 2011 Received: (at 6972) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Aug 2011 16:26:25 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qq6BE-0001uK-It for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 12:26:24 -0400 Received: from mx.meyering.net ([82.230.74.64]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qq6BC-0001uD-P0 for 6972@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 12:26:23 -0400 Received: from rho.meyering.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rho.meyering.net (Acme Bit-Twister) with ESMTP id D68B9601D8; Sun, 7 Aug 2011 18:25:24 +0200 (CEST) From: Jim Meyering To: Eric Blake Subject: Re: bug#6972: bug in sorting floats In-Reply-To: <4C7FE892.90408@redhat.com> (Eric Blake's message of "Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:10:26 -0600") References: <4C7F6D76.8040106@gmx.de> <4C7FE057.7080904@redhat.com> <4C7FE502.6060309@gmx.de> <4C7FE892.90408@redhat.com> Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:25:24 +0200 Message-ID: <87sjpdi3yj.fsf@rho.meyering.net> Lines: 11 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -6.1 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 6972 Cc: 6972@debbugs.gnu.org, saddy X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.1 (------) tags 6972 + notabug close 6972 thanks Eric Blake wrote: > [forwarding on your mail to the list, to close this out] ... > > Glad to know it's not a bug. Thanks. Marking as "notabug" and closing. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun Aug 07 12:29:31 2011 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Aug 2011 16:29:31 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qq6EF-0001z1-60 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 12:29:31 -0400 Received: from mx.meyering.net ([82.230.74.64]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qq6ED-0001yu-VU for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 12:29:30 -0400 Received: from rho.meyering.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rho.meyering.net (Acme Bit-Twister) with ESMTP id DF3D5600AC for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2011 18:28:31 +0200 (CEST) From: Jim Meyering To: control@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: once more, now via control@... 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