ase/cmd/awk/cou-027.awk

@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 BEGIN { FS = "\t"; }
       { pop[$4] += $3; }
 END   { 
+	# specifying a postion with + notation seems obsolete for sort
+	# on most platforms. 
+	# sort -t'\t' +1rn => sort -t'\t' -k2 -rn
+
 	for (c in pop) 
-		printf ("%15s\t%6d\n", c, pop[c]) | "sort -t'\t' +1rn";
+		printf ("%15s\t%6d\n", c, pop[c]) | "sort -t'\t' -k2 -rn";
 
 	# the following two statements make the program behave
 	# consistently across different platforms.
 	# on some platforms, the sort command output has
 	# been delayed until the program exits. 
-	close ("sort -t'\t' +1rn");
+	close ("sort -t'\t' -k2 -rn");
 	sleep (1);
 }