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numeric sort with unique option does not show 0!

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I have a file with many redundant numbers in each row. Imagine something like the below:
echo "10
9
5
6
4
cell
3
2
0
7
0
1" > test
When I use sort -un test I get the following output:
cell
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
10
while I expect the below (I mean 0 as a first row of the output):
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
10
Applying the sort -n and then redirecting to uniq doesn't make such a mess, however, it shows the non-numeric lines. Is there any way to just use the sort with -nu to get 0 at the first line instead of an alphanumeric token?
Asked by javadr (131 rep)
Aug 29, 2022, 12:14 PM
Last activity: Aug 29, 2022, 12:21 PM