Subject: bug#72617: sort -n loses lines.

From: Pádraig Brady <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 12:33:45 +0100

On 14/08/2024 11:04, Simon B wrote:
> Hi Pádraig
> 
> I am largely satisfied by your great explanation,
> 
> I am still confused why lines go "missing" though.
> 

> Even if the dot is being interpreted, it still should not lose the
> line containing 172.169.6.164

This is actually well explained in the online documentation,
so I won't repeat here.  See the --unique description at:
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sort

cheers,
Pádraig