fyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes) (05/10/88)
While working on a new class I noticed the -M option of sort -- compare as months. The system 5 and and XENIX 5 documentation list this but do not include it as an option that can be used with specific keys. This seemed absurd so I tried it (e.g., sort +1M -2 +3 -4 file) and it seems to work fine on XENIX 5. We publish a series of references for various UNIX flavors. I would like to get the "facts behind the rumors" for this option so it could be corrected in our pocket references. Phil Hughes, SSC, Inc. P.O. Box 55549, Seattle, WA 98155 (206)FOR-UNIX uw-beaver!tikal!ssc!fyl or uunet!pilchuck!ssc!fyl or attmail!ssc!fyl -- Phil uunet!pilchuck!ssc!fyl