Ah, yes. The sort command definitely has a few gotchas like this. It's too bad that we all seem to learn them the hard way. :) Another one that used to bite me

Ah, yes. The sort command definitely has a few gotchas like this. It's too bad that we all seem to learn them the hard way. :) Another one that used to bite me: locale-dependent sorting. These days, I rarely use the sort command without LC_ALL=C.