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Date:      Wed, 25 Sep 2002 00:06:27 +0100 (BST)
From:      Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk>
To:        peter@wemm.org (Peter Wemm), "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
Cc:        Tim Robbins <tjr@freebsd.org>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Who broke sort(1) ?
Message-ID:  <200209242306.g8ON6RfU081798@dotar.thuvia.org>
In-Reply-To: <mailpost.1032903230.79662@thuvia.demon.co.uk>

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> From: peter@wemm.org (Peter Wemm)
> Date: Tue 24 Sep, 2002
> Subject: Re: Who broke sort(1) ?

> How many successful widely distributed OS's are there that does not allow
> sort +N as a numeric argument by default?  (I'm sure somebody can dig up
> an obscure linux distribution or some microcontroller OS or something, I'm
> talking about something on the scale of redhat or solaris or something)

Ditto for "expr -1 + 1"...

		Cheers,

		Mark.

-- 
Mark Valentine, Thuvia Labs <mark@thuvia.co.uk>       <http://www.thuvia.co.uk>;
"Tigers will do ANYTHING for a tuna fish sandwich."       Mark Valentine uses
"We're kind of stupid that way."   *munch* *munch*        and endorses FreeBSD
  -- <http://www.calvinandhobbes.com>;                  <http://www.freebsd.org>;

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