Friday, July 31, 2009

What is the comparison function of linux sort?

For string comparison, it seems Linux sort assume number %26lt; lowercase %26lt; uppercase. However, the ASCII value is: number %26lt; uppercase %26lt; lowercase. Thus, the comparison function of Linux sort is different from that of C function strcmp(). Is this a bug, or it is designed in this way for some purpose?

What is the comparison function of linux sort?
Does this help:





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.


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