From a9f66aa92120b2122016eda0ec59f2fdd22c3ba6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 18:24:23 +0000 Subject: (sort invocation): Specify that a string of zero digits is interpreted as 0. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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 -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2