Sort problems

[Mike Zaleski]

   From: naiman at pegasus.UUCP (Ephrayim J. Naiman)
   Okay you sort experts why do these two sorts not work ?

   sort << !
    Abe
   Aba
   !

This output is correct.  Space is less than 'A' in the ASCII
sequence, which is how sort sorts by default.  The -b option
should cause leading blanks to be ignored.  When I tried it with
this input, it did not work.

   sort << !
   Abe
   $Aba
   !

Try escaping the $ with a backslash when entering this to the shell.
By the way, the ASCII value of '$' is also less than that of 'A'.

-- Mike^Z   [allegra!, ihnp4!] pegasus!mzal   Zaleski at Rutgers