GNU bug report logs - #76290
"sort -u" vs "sort -h -u": possible bug

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Rupert Gallagher <ruga <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:01:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 76290 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Rupert Gallagher <ruga <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: "76290 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <76290 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: "sort -u" vs "sort -h -u": possible bug
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 14:22:48 -0800

On 2025-02-16 03:02, Rupert Gallagher wrote:
> The introduction of the unique operator (-u) returns a wrong answer when used with the human sorting operator (-h).

The answer is "wrong" only in the sense that sort's documented and 
implemented behavior is not what you expect.

To fix this mismatch between behavior and expectations, don't use -h. It 
makes sense to not use -h, -h is not intended for uses like that.
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