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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2005-01-07 18:24:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2005-01-07 18:24:23 +0000 |
| commit | a9f66aa92120b2122016eda0ec59f2fdd22c3ba6 (patch) | |
| tree | 23d54a4427db0a3806e6801483e4eb6b434749f7 | |
| parent | 414dac9d502f701ab2297f66c44eee3cb56b0bcf (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-a9f66aa92120b2122016eda0ec59f2fdd22c3ba6.tar.xz | |
(sort invocation): Specify that a string of zero digits is interpreted as 0.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index a156092f9..1ae025fca 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -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 |