Re: inconsistent sort output between hosts

From: Alan (a.baker_at_deadspam.com)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 15:13:03 GMT

mkirsch1@rochester.rr.com (Mathew Kirsch) wrote in
news:d6bf3430.0407280558.7e910d0b@posting.google.com:

> I'm stumped. From two otherwise identically-configured hosts, we get
> two completely different sort outputs:
>
> host 1:
> # ls | sort
> apple
> Banana
> Cherry
> donut
> eclair
>
> host 2:
> # ls | sort
> Banana
> Cherry
> apple
> donut
> eclair
>
> Both systems are using /usr/bin/sort. Both /usr/bin/sort files have
> the same sum, as do all the libraries shown by 'ldd /usr/bin/sum' on
> both systems. To my way of thinking, this is telling me that two
> otherwise identical setups are producing two different outputs!
>

man sort
Reformatting page. Wait... done

User Commands sort(1)

NAME
     sort - sort, merge, or sequence check text files
<snip>
Ordering Options
     The default sort order depends on the value of LC_COLLATE.
     If LC_COLLATE is set to C, sorting will be in ASCII order.
     If LC_COLLATE is set to en_US, sorting is case insensitive
     except when the two strings are otherwise equal and one has
     an uppercase letter earlier than the other. Other locales
     will have other sort orders.
<snip>

Any help?

Alan 

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