SORT Adds Extra Character to Sorted Output

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Some text editors don't automatically add a <CR> or EOF character to the end of the file (unlike MS-DOS Edit).

If you use this type of editor and your file doesn't have a trailing <CR> or EOF character, your sorted file contains an extra character. For example, if you sort the following file (which does not have an EOF or <CR> character at the end of the file)

   AA<CR>
   BB<CR>
   CC<CR>
   AA
				

with the command SORT < TEXT.TXT > TESTOUT.TXT, your sorted output is

   AA<CR>
   AAx<CR>
   BB<CR>
   CC<CR>
				

where x is a random character from memory.