Subject: sort command in Redhat 5 does not work

From: "Jyotin Patel" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 15:40:36 -0400

[root@cnprodftp02 root]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3 (Taroon Update 5)
[root@cnprodftp02 root]# sort

[root@cnprodftp02 root]# set -o vi
 
[root@cnprodftp02 root]# grep prftp /etc/passwd | sort -n +2 -t':' |
head -2
xmit:x:150:204::/prftp/forwarder:/bin/bash
anl:x:213:206:test user:/prftp/carriers/anl:/sbin/nologin

[root@cnprodftp02 root]# uname -a
Linux cnprodftp02 2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp #1 SMP Tue May 17 17:52:23 EDT
2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Sort does not work on REdhat-AS5 ; it used to work on Redhat AS-3

[root@cnprodedi01 mail]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.6 (Tikanga)
[root@cnprodedi01 mail]# grep prftp /etc/passwd | sort -n +2 -t':' |
head -2
sort: open failed: +2: No such file or directory
[root@cnprodedi01 mail]#

[root@cnprodftp02 bin]# uname -a
Linux cnprodftp02 2.6.18-238.5.1.el5 #1 SMP Mon Feb 21 05:52:39 EST 2011
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Thanks.
Jay Patel
Systems Administrator
INTTRA
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