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"P.V.Anthony" <pvantony@×××××××××××.sg> posted |
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48EFAFF7.2050708@×××××××××××.sg, excerpted below, on Sat, 11 Oct 2008 |
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03:41:43 +0800: |
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> Hi, |
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> |
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> I am having a problem doing a simple sort. The sorting just does not |
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> work with the command sort. |
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> In a directory are the following files, |
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> |
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> access.log.0 |
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> access.log.1 |
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> access.log.10 |
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> access.log.11 |
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> access.log.12 |
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> access.log.13 |
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> access.log.14 |
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> access.log.15 |
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> access.log.16 |
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> access.log.17 |
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> access.log.18 |
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> access.log.19 |
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> access.log.2 |
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> access.log.20 |
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> access.log.21 |
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> access.log.3 |
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> access.log.4 |
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> access.log.5 |
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> access.log.6 |
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> access.log.7 |
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> access.log.8 |
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> access.log.9 |
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> |
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> Did the following command, |
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> |
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> #ls access.log.* | sort -n +0.11 |
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> Got the following error, |
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> #sort: open failed: +0.11: No such file or directory |
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> What am I doing wrong? |
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> |
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> Tried puting the list of files into a file called "testing" then did the |
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> following command, |
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> #sort -n +0.11 testing |
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> |
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> Still same error, |
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> #sort: open failed: +0.11: No such file or directory |
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> |
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> How to correct this? |
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You're using an obsolete (and ambiguous) syntax. I discovered this by |
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first reading the manpage, which didn't mention that syntax (but did |
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mention the -k option, the newer syntax), but /did/ mention that for |
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complete documentation refer to the info page coreutils "sort |
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invocation", which I did. That confirmed what I has already suspected, |
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that you were using an obsolete syntax, with an explanation of why it's |
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obsolete (it's ambiguous, the other reading being how it interprets it |
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now, as a filename) and instructions for getting the old behavior if |
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still desired, tho it's now discouraged. |
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So either check the manpage and use -k and an origin-1 sort key instead, |
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or follow thru to the info page and read up on how to get it to interpret |
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the obsolete origin-0 sort key you are trying to feed it. |
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-- |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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