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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) Sorting scientific numbers with sort Post 302944687 by plebs on Thursday 21st of May 2015 09:44:29 AM
Old 05-21-2015
Sorting scientific numbers with sort

Hey everybody,

I'm trying to sort scientific numbers in a descending order using the command
Code:
sort -gr <file>

.

It works fine on a Linux-Server, but doesn't on my macbook pro with OS X 10.10.3 (Yosemite).
I tried to sort the following:
Code:
6.38e-10
6.38e-10
1.80e-11
1.00e-10
1.48e-12

And got this:
Code:
6.38e-10
6.38e-10
1.80e-11
1.48e-12
1.00e-10

Instead of this:
Code:
6.38e-10
6.38e-10
1.00e-10
1.80e-11
1.48e-12

Does anyone have an idea why mac is not recognizing the scientific notation despite the -g option?

Many thanks!

Last edited by plebs; 05-21-2015 at 11:17 AM..
 

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SLAPO-VALSORT(5)						File Formats Manual						  SLAPO-VALSORT(5)

NAME
slapo-valsort - Value Sorting overlay to slapd SYNOPSIS
/etc/openldap/slapd.conf DESCRIPTION
The Value Sorting overlay can be used with a backend database to sort the values of specific multi-valued attributes within a subtree. The sorting occurs whenever the attributes are returned in a search response. Sorting can be specified in ascending or descending order, using either numeric or alphanumeric sort methods. Additionally, a "weighted" sort can be specified, which uses a numeric weight prepended to the attribute values. The weighted sort is always performed in ascending order, but may be combined with the other methods for values that all have equal weights. The weight is specified by prepending an integer weight {<weight>} in front of each value of the attribute for which weighted sorting is desired. This weighting factor is stripped off and never returned in search results. CONFIGURATION
These slapd.conf options apply to the Value Sorting overlay. They should appear after the overlay directive. valsort-attr <attribute> <baseDN> (<sort-method> | weighted [<sort-method>]) Configure a sorting method for the specified attribute in the subtree rooted at baseDN. The sort-method may be one of alpha-ascend, alpha-descend, numeric-ascend, or numeric-descend. If the special weighted method is specified, a secondary sort-method may also be specified. It is an error to specify an alphanumeric sort-method for an attribute with Integer or NumericString syntax, and it is an error to specify a numeric sort-method for an attribute with a syntax other than Integer or NumericString. EXAMPLES
database bdb suffix dc=example,dc=com ... overlay valsort valsort-attr member ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com alpha-ascend FILES
/etc/openldap/slapd.conf default slapd configuration file SEE ALSO
slapd.conf(5), slapd-config(5). ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This module was written in 2005 by Howard Chu of Symas Corporation. The work was sponsored by Stanford University. OpenLDAP 2.4.21 2009/12/20 SLAPO-VALSORT(5)
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