Hm. I find the resulting output a bit unlogic - but it is exactly the same with the old options and an old sort. So this "chaotic" sort might have been intended - or always been buggy ... - Rene Rebe --- pdksh-5.2.14/siglist.sh.orig 1996-09-18 18:52:41.000000000 +0200 +++ pdksh-5.2.14/siglist.sh 2004-05-05 02:41:53.000000000 +0200 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ { QwErTy SIG\1 , "\1", "\2" },\ #endif/') > $in $CPP $in > $out -sed -n 's/{ QwErTy/{/p' < $out | awk '{print NR, $0}' | sort +2n +0n | +sed -n 's/{ QwErTy/{/p' < $out | awk '{print NR, $0}' | sort -n -k 2 | sed 's/^[0-9]* //' | awk 'BEGIN { last=0; nsigs=0; } {