08-11-2011
linux sort command produces strange output
cat a
.a
ba
.b
bb
.c
bc
sort a
.a
.b
ba
bb
bc
.c
NOTE: .a and .b appears before ba and bb, where as .c appears after bc.
In general
if the file has strings of the type .<x> and <y><x>,
then for all x <= y, .x appear before yx and
for all x>y, .x appear after yx
Is this a bug or an expected behavior? It latter is the case, then what is the explanation?
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