Sort performance degrades when LANG is set to en_US.utf8 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
Issue
- Sort performance on a file degrades significantly when the
LANGenvironment variable is set toen_US.utf8. When it is set toC, the performance markedly improves. - Why some POSIX compliant commands do not work properly when the
LANGandLCvariables are not set to C.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) all versions.
- Specifically visible for GNU POSIX compliant commands.
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