Why does sort say that ɛ = e?

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ɛ ("Latin epsilon") is a letter used in certain African languages, usually to represent the vowel sound in English "bed". In Unicode it's encoded as U+025B, very distinct from everyday e.



However, if I sort the following:



eb
ed
ɛa
ɛc


it seems that sort considers ɛ and e equivalent:



ɛa
eb
ɛc
ed


What's going on here? And is there a way to make ɛ and e distinct for sorting purposes?









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    ɛ ("Latin epsilon") is a letter used in certain African languages, usually to represent the vowel sound in English "bed". In Unicode it's encoded as U+025B, very distinct from everyday e.



    However, if I sort the following:



    eb
    ed
    ɛa
    ɛc


    it seems that sort considers ɛ and e equivalent:



    ɛa
    eb
    ɛc
    ed


    What's going on here? And is there a way to make ɛ and e distinct for sorting purposes?









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      ɛ ("Latin epsilon") is a letter used in certain African languages, usually to represent the vowel sound in English "bed". In Unicode it's encoded as U+025B, very distinct from everyday e.



      However, if I sort the following:



      eb
      ed
      ɛa
      ɛc


      it seems that sort considers ɛ and e equivalent:



      ɛa
      eb
      ɛc
      ed


      What's going on here? And is there a way to make ɛ and e distinct for sorting purposes?









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      ɛ ("Latin epsilon") is a letter used in certain African languages, usually to represent the vowel sound in English "bed". In Unicode it's encoded as U+025B, very distinct from everyday e.



      However, if I sort the following:



      eb
      ed
      ɛa
      ɛc


      it seems that sort considers ɛ and e equivalent:



      ɛa
      eb
      ɛc
      ed


      What's going on here? And is there a way to make ɛ and e distinct for sorting purposes?







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          man sort:



           *** WARNING *** The locale specified by the environment affects sort
          order. Set LC_ALL=C to get the traditional sort order that uses native
          byte values.


          So, try: LC_ALL=C sort file.txt





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            man sort:



             *** WARNING *** The locale specified by the environment affects sort
            order. Set LC_ALL=C to get the traditional sort order that uses native
            byte values.


            So, try: LC_ALL=C sort file.txt





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               *** WARNING *** The locale specified by the environment affects sort
              order. Set LC_ALL=C to get the traditional sort order that uses native
              byte values.


              So, try: LC_ALL=C sort file.txt





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                man sort:



                 *** WARNING *** The locale specified by the environment affects sort
                order. Set LC_ALL=C to get the traditional sort order that uses native
                byte values.


                So, try: LC_ALL=C sort file.txt





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                man sort:



                 *** WARNING *** The locale specified by the environment affects sort
                order. Set LC_ALL=C to get the traditional sort order that uses native
                byte values.


                So, try: LC_ALL=C sort file.txt






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