sort(1) -uf output inconsistent with
bruce at ISM780.UUCP
bruce at ISM780.UUCP
Mon Jan 14 15:59:34 AEST 1985
> CONCLUSION:
> The output should always be in lower case. Changing the manual
> page to indicate the problem will only serve to confuse the
> situation.
I disagree, you've ignored the fact that there may be other stuff on the
line that isn't part of the key. For example if my input were:
sort -fu +0 -1 <<!
JUNK fizz
Junk frap
junk fart
!
Your fix would produce:
junk fizz
This doesn't correspond to an actual input line.
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