GNU bug report logs - #8442
coreutils 5.90 (2005-09-29) drops support for +N option usage

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From: "Jyotin Patel" <Jyotin.Patel <at> inttra.com>
To: <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: sort command in Redhat 5 does not work
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 15:40:36 -0400

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

[root <at> cnprodftp02 root]# set -o vi
 
[root <at> 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 <at> 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 <at> cnprodedi01 mail]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.6 (Tikanga)
[root <at> cnprodedi01 mail]# grep prftp /etc/passwd | sort -n +2 -t':' |
head -2
sort: open failed: +2: No such file or directory
[root <at> cnprodedi01 mail]#


[root <at> 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
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