problem wth sort utility?

[JD]

On 07/01/2011 12:00 AM, Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
> I'm getting results that I don't expect and different from busybox
> sort?
>
> The file contains partition infomation
> [======DISK======] [=============NAME==============]
> [====SIZE====] [MAJ] [MIN]
> [sda             ] [Hitachi HDP72505               ] [   465.76 GB] [  8] [
> 0]
>
> [=====DEVICE=====] [==FILESYS==] [======LABEL======]
> [====SIZE====] [MAJ] [MIN]
> [sda1            ] [ext3       ] [<unknown>         ] [   200.00 MB] [  8] [
> 1]
> [sda2            ] [LVM2_member] [<unknown>         ] [    31.18 GB] [
> 8] [  2]
> [sda3            ] [ext3       ] [<unknown>         ] [   434.38 GB] [  8] [  3]
> [dm-0            ] [ext4       ] [<unknown>         ] [    25.87 GB] [253] [
> 0]
> [dm-1            ] [swap       ] [<unknown>         ] [     5.31 GB] [253] [
> 1]
>
> When I use the Fedora 14 sort I get this.
>
> [=====DEVICE=====] [==FILESYS==] [======LABEL======]
> [====SIZE====] [MAJ] [MIN]
> [======DISK======] [=============NAME==============]
> [====SIZE====] [MAJ] [MIN]
> [dm-0            ] [ext4       ] [<unknown>         ] [    25.87 GB] [253] [
> 0]
> [dm-1            ] [swap       ] [<unknown>         ] [     5.31 GB] [253] [
> 1]
> [sda1            ] [ext3       ] [<unknown>         ] [   200.00 MB] [  8] [
> 1]
> [sda2            ] [LVM2_member] [<unknown>         ] [    31.18 GB] [
> 8] [  2]
> [sda3            ] [ext3       ] [<unknown>         ] [   434.38 GB] [  8] [  3]
> [sda             ] [Hitachi HDP72505               ] [   465.76 GB] [  8] [
> 0]
>
> Which is not what I expect with sda coming at the end instead of
> before sda1, and there are just spaces between all the charcters,
> no special codes.
>
> Using busybox sort results in this.
>
> [======DISK======] [=============NAME==============]
> [====SIZE====] [MAJ] [MIN]
> [=====DEVICE=====] [==FILESYS==] [======LABEL======]
> [====SIZE====] [MAJ] [MIN]
> [dm-0            ] [ext4       ] [<unknown>         ] [    25.87 GB] [253] [
> 0]
> [dm-1            ] [swap       ] [<unknown>         ] [     5.31 GB] [253] [
> 1]
> [sda             ] [Hitachi HDP72505               ] [   465.76 GB] [  8] [
> 0]
> [sda1            ] [ext3       ] [<unknown>         ] [   200.00 MB] [  8] [
> 1]
> [sda2            ] [LVM2_member] [<unknown>         ] [    31.18 GB] [
> 8] [  2]
> [sda3            ] [ext3       ] [<unknown>         ] [   434.38 GB] [  8] [  3]
>
> Which is what I expect?
> If I create a file with just the disk and partition info, both sorts give
> me the correct sorts. Even if I put spaces afterwards it sorts fine,
> but if I put non-blanks it puts the sda at the end?
>
> Any ideals on why sort is acting this way?
>
>
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Can you post your entire sort command with it's args in both cases?