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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2005-01-07 18:24:23 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2005-01-07 18:24:23 +0000
commita9f66aa92120b2122016eda0ec59f2fdd22c3ba6 (patch)
tree23d54a4427db0a3806e6801483e4eb6b434749f7
parent414dac9d502f701ab2297f66c44eee3cb56b0bcf (diff)
downloadcoreutils-a9f66aa92120b2122016eda0ec59f2fdd22c3ba6.tar.xz
(sort invocation): Specify that a string of zero digits is interpreted as 0.
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
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@@ -3320,7 +3320,8 @@ category determines the month spellings.
Sort numerically: the number begins each line; specifically, it consists
of optional blanks, an optional @samp{-} sign, and zero or more
digits possibly separated by thousands separators, optionally followed
-by a decimal-point character and zero or more digits. The @env{LC_NUMERIC}
+by a decimal-point character and zero or more digits. A string of
+zero digits is interpreted as @samp{0}. The @env{LC_NUMERIC}
locale specifies the decimal-point character and thousands separator.
Numeric sort uses what might be considered an unconventional method to