sort/check like this:

(export LC_COLLATE=fr_FR; sed -n '/^$/,$p' THANKS|sort -c -f -t' ' -k1,1 -k2,2)

diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 0bee7335abefe89617a8a341f5bdbb5c4424e975..a11509e5d700fefd1e398f1ed2bde993dda800df 100644 (file)
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ complete programs.  Those contributions are described in the ChangeLog
 files.  If your name has been left out, if you'd rather not be listed,
 or if you'd prefer a different address be used, please let me know.
 
+???                                 kytek@cybercomm.net
 Achim Blumensath                    blume@corona.oche.de
 Adam Klein                          aklein@debian.org
 Akim Demaille                       demaille@inf.enst.fr
@@ -197,7 +198,6 @@ Keith Thompson                      kst@sdsc.edu
 Ken Pizzini                         kenp@halcyon.com
 Kjetil Torgrim Homme                kjetilho@ifi.uio.no
 Kristoffer Rose                     kris@diku.dk
-???                                 kytek@cybercomm.net
 Larry McVoy                         lm@sgi.com
 Lars Hecking                        lhecking@nmrc.ucc.ie
 Lehti Rami                          rammer@cs.tut.fi