[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       coreutils-bug
Subject:    Re: [patch #2565] added option to sort: sort human readable file
From:       Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad () users ! sourceforge ! net>
Date:       2006-11-06 16:40:55
Message-ID: einoin$8ks$3 () sea ! gmane ! org
[Download RAW message or body]

Hauke Brandes wrote:
> Follow-up Comment #1, patch #2565 (project coreutils):
> 
> This is a really useful feature IMHO. Actually, I made a similar patch myself
> and was just checking whether it had already been done. As it is just a small
> change and no collisions with other options seem to exist, I would really
> like to see this included in a standard release. 
> 
> I am using my patched version of sort quite often with this option.

Thanks for pointing that out... I just posted an RFC for adding such an 
option, but had missed/forgotten this patch. It was also requested (if 
indirectly) by a third person in the last month.

-- 
Matthew
If this message is intercepted, the sender will disavow all knowledge of 
its existence.




[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]