Octal number problem

[Mike Meyer]

Tim Evans <t.evans at paradise.net.nz> writes:

> Gary Duncan <gmduncan at netspace.net.au> writes:
> [snip]
> > 	I have a list of 5-digit decimal numbers, which was constructed
> > with leading zeroes where necessary so that the list is sorted by magnitude
> > using Unix 'sort' (otherwise '00200' would appear before '1').
> Slightly off-topic, but (at least when using gnu sort) 'sort -n' can
> fix that:

The -n flag is a feature of the standard Unix sort.


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