I was expecting the wrong thing in this case! --=20 :-)~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 > > > > [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 sor= ted > correctly!