From: Jim Meyering Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 18:24:23 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (sort invocation): Specify that a string of zero digits is interpreted as 0. X-Git-Tag: v5.3.0~14 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a9f66aa92120b2122016eda0ec59f2fdd22c3ba6;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git (sort invocation): Specify that a string of zero digits is interpreted as 0. --- diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index a156092f90..1ae025fca4 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -3320,7 +3320,8 @@ category determines the month spellings. Sort numerically: the number begins each line; specifically, it consists of optional blanks, an optional @samp{-} sign, and zero or more digits possibly separated by thousands separators, optionally followed -by a decimal-point character and zero or more digits. The @env{LC_NUMERIC} +by a decimal-point character and zero or more digits. A string of +zero digits is interpreted as @samp{0}. The @env{LC_NUMERIC} locale specifies the decimal-point character and thousands separator. Numeric sort uses what might be considered an unconventional method to