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sort
Localization
Exit Values
Messages
sort uses the following localization environment variables:
v LANG
v LC_ALL
v LC_COLLATE
v LC_CTYPE
v LC_MESSAGES
v LC_NUMERIC
v LC_TIME
v NLSPATH
The –M option works only if LC_TIME identifies a locale that contains the same
month names as the POSIX locale.
See Appendix F for more information.
0 Successful completion. Also returned if –c is specified and the file is in
correctly sorted order.
1 Returned if you specified –c and the file is not correctly sorted. Also
returned to indicate a nonunique record if you specified –cu.
2 Failure due to any of the following:
v Missing key description after –k
v More than one –o option
v Missing file name after –o
v Missing character after –t
v More than one character after –t
v Missing number with –y or –z
v endposition given before a startposition
v Badly formed sort key
v Incorrect command-line option
v Too many key field positions specified
v Insufficient memory
v Inability to open the output file
v Inability to open the input file
v Error in writing to the output file
v Inability to create a temporary file or temporary filename
Possible error messages include:
Badly formed sort key position x
The key position was not specified correctly. Check the format and try
again.
File filename is binary
sort has determined that filename is binary because it found a NULL (’ ’)
character in a line.
Insufficient memory for ...
This error normally occurs when you specify very large numbers for –y or
–z and there is not enough memory available for sort to satisfy the request.
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