[K12OSN] OT: bug in /sbin/sort?

[Jim Kronebusch]

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:26:02 -0500, Petre Scheie wrote
> The sort utility (/bin/sort) on my K12LTSP 5 box (FC5) isn't working 
> properly.  When I type
> 
> ls -l |sort +4n
> 
> I get
> 
> sort: open failed: +4n: No such file or directory
> 
> rather than a list of files sorted by their size.  It works 
> correctly on my 4.2 (FC4) box, and various other linux & unix boxen, 
> just not on this FC5 box.  I don't have any other FC5 boxes to test. 
>  Anyone else seeing this?

I get the same error.  What does the "+4n" signify?  If I do a "ls -l |sort
-n" it works.  And I don't see in "sort --help" of what +4n would do.  Is it
that there is no files matching the criteria you are passing sort?

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