Problem with 'sort' command in Mac OS X 10.4.10

["Mallika Veeramalai" <kaaviyam@xxxxxxxxx>]

        Dear All,

I find it there are some problem in using the 'sort' command to sort a data-file, in Mac OS X 10.4.10

For eg:

The command 'sort -g -k 1 t.txt' gives the following result. (actually I am doing a generic sort based on column 1)

1.46e-01        N
1.46e-13        H
1.53e-11        H
1.54e-03        H

The correct answer should be:

1.46e-13        H
1.53e-11        H
1.54e-03        H
1.46e-01        N

I think this 'sort' problem exist in every where, even when we use  the 'ls -trl' command.

Any comments?
        

Thanks in advance,
kaaviyam