GNU bug report logs - #8511
Sort error in makefile

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Harpal Shergill <harpalshergill <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 19:26:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Harpal Shergill <harpalshergill <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org, bug-gzip <at> gnu.org, cygwin <at> cygwin.com
Subject: Sort error in makefile
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:09:29 -0400

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Hello,

I have  a makefile which does the following:

   1. grab a .gz file from server using wget -- works fine
   2. extract the data from .gz file to new file based on filter using ZCAT
   -- works fine
   3. sort the data from based on specific field and saves the data into a
   new file -- DOES NOT WORK


   - command looks like this: sort -t: -k2n <inputFile> outputFile
   - this command works perfectly on command line of cygwin BUT fails
   through makefile
   - Error says: Input file specified two times.

I tried to search on this online but couldn't get any info. Can you please
help and show me what's wrong? In make file i have this command enclosed
with "`" character. Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Harpal

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