Why is this not doing as I expect?

[Jim]

man sort

On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 11:56, Michael Havens wrote:
> I was expecting the wrong thing in this case!
> -- 
> :-)~Mike~(-:
> 
> On Friday 14 February 2003 11:34 am, Jenny Charlene wrote:
> > On Friday 14 February 2003 11:21 am, Michael Havens wrote:
> > > Or am I expecting the wrong thing?
> > >
> > > [bmike1@localhost bmike1]$
> > > [bmike1@localhost bmike1]$ sort > sort-test
> > > gosh apple time tully
> > > free freedom
> > > more sort-test
> > > <cntrl-D>
> > > [bmike1@localhost bmike1]$ more sort-test
> > > free freedom
> > > gosh apple time tully
> > > more sort-test
> > > [bmike1@localhost bmike1]$
> >
> > Sort only looks to the first letter of each line, so your result is sorted
> > correctly!
> 
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-- 
 Jim

 Freedom is all we really want