I'm getting results that I don't expect and different from busybox
sort?
The file contains partition infomation
[======DISK======] [=============NAME==============]
[====SIZE====] [MAJ] [MIN]
[sda ] [Hitachi HDP72505 ] [ 465.76 GB] [ 8] [
0]
[=====DEVICE=====] [==FILESYS==] [======LABEL======]
[====SIZE====] [MAJ] [MIN]
[sda1 ] [ext3 ] [<unknown> ] [ 200.00 MB] [ 8] [
1]
[sda2 ] [LVM2_member] [<unknown> ] [ 31.18 GB] [
8] [ 2]
[sda3 ] [ext3 ] [<unknown> ] [ 434.38 GB] [ 8] [ 3]
[dm-0 ] [ext4 ] [<unknown> ] [ 25.87 GB] [253] [
0]
[dm-1 ] [swap ] [<unknown> ] [ 5.31 GB] [253] [
1]
When I use the Fedora 14 sort I get this.
[=====DEVICE=====] [==FILESYS==] [======LABEL======]
[====SIZE====] [MAJ] [MIN]
[======DISK======] [=============NAME==============]
[====SIZE====] [MAJ] [MIN]
[dm-0 ] [ext4 ] [<unknown> ] [ 25.87 GB] [253] [
0]
[dm-1 ] [swap ] [<unknown> ] [ 5.31 GB] [253] [
1]
[sda1 ] [ext3 ] [<unknown> ] [ 200.00 MB] [ 8] [
1]
[sda2 ] [LVM2_member] [<unknown> ] [ 31.18 GB] [
8] [ 2]
[sda3 ] [ext3 ] [<unknown> ] [ 434.38 GB] [ 8] [ 3]
[sda ] [Hitachi HDP72505 ] [ 465.76 GB] [ 8] [
0]
Which is not what I expect with sda coming at the end instead of
before sda1, and there are just spaces between all the charcters,
no special codes.
Using busybox sort results in this.
[======DISK======] [=============NAME==============]
[====SIZE====] [MAJ] [MIN]
[=====DEVICE=====] [==FILESYS==] [======LABEL======]
[====SIZE====] [MAJ] [MIN]
[dm-0 ] [ext4 ] [<unknown> ] [ 25.87 GB] [253] [
0]
[dm-1 ] [swap ] [<unknown> ] [ 5.31 GB] [253] [
1]
[sda ] [Hitachi HDP72505 ] [ 465.76 GB] [ 8] [
0]
[sda1 ] [ext3 ] [<unknown> ] [ 200.00 MB] [ 8] [
1]
[sda2 ] [LVM2_member] [<unknown> ] [ 31.18 GB] [
8] [ 2]
[sda3 ] [ext3 ] [<unknown> ] [ 434.38 GB] [ 8] [ 3]
Which is what I expect?
If I create a file with just the disk and partition info, both sorts give
me the correct sorts. Even if I put spaces afterwards it sorts fine,
but if I put non-blanks it puts the sda at the end?
Any ideals on why sort is acting this way?
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