From e814648393482aa39594a5367b5882d4c450bca2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefano Zacchiroli Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 08:53:13 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] some comments --- .../posts/2009/02/sort_gotcha/discussion.mdwn | 21 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 blog/posts/2009/02/sort_gotcha/discussion.mdwn diff --git a/blog/posts/2009/02/sort_gotcha/discussion.mdwn b/blog/posts/2009/02/sort_gotcha/discussion.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e46b265d --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/posts/2009/02/sort_gotcha/discussion.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +---- + +I have also wasted days with sort -k. I recommend you to read the real GNU +documentation ; the Debian info page is unfortunately a fake. + +http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/sort-invocation.html#sort-invocation + +In the info page, the behaviour of sort -k is better explained. It is +such a +tragedy that this crucial information is so hard to obtain. For instance, +search engines like Google do not perform well at giving the +precedence to the +info page. + +Anyway, thank you for your blog post, that reminded me of the +usefulness of +'join'. I need it at work today. You made my day ! + +-- Charles Plessy + +---- -- 2.20.1