From cc2b734fa1dd67fbd2d87a6d93825b099eb927af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lauchimoon <laurentino.luna06@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:31:15 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] sort: use locale_cmp when all selectors have equal
 ordering

---
 src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs    |  7 +++++++
 tests/by-util/test_sort.rs | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
index 0d0f97f591e..666971998d3 100644
--- a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
+++ b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
@@ -2799,7 +2799,14 @@ fn compare_by<'a>(
     {
         Ordering::Equal
     } else {
+        #[cfg(feature = "i18n-collator")]
+        {
+        locale_cmp(a.line, b.line)
+        }
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "i18n-collator"))]
+        {
         a.line.cmp(b.line)
+        }
     };
 
     if global_settings.reverse {
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs b/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
index 74b1e377ef9..8bd802d582a 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
@@ -303,6 +303,16 @@ fn test_numeric_with_trailing_invalid_chars() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_numeric_with_trailing_chars_and_same_number() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .env("LC_ALL", "en_US.UTF-8")
+        .arg("-n")
+        .pipe_in("1 x\n1 ./b\n1 a\n")
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_is("1 a\n1 ./b\n1 x\n");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_numeric_sort_rejects_leading_plus_sign() {
     // GNU sort -n does not treat '+' as a number sign; lines sort lexicographically.

From de6f5a2de6ca71d9db73acba5e288bdf6e08d96c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lauchimoon <laurentino.luna06@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:10:18 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] sort: fixed style in compare_by

---
 src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
index 666971998d3..491845215ca 100644
--- a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
+++ b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
@@ -2801,11 +2801,11 @@ fn compare_by<'a>(
     } else {
         #[cfg(feature = "i18n-collator")]
         {
-        locale_cmp(a.line, b.line)
+            locale_cmp(a.line, b.line)
         }
         #[cfg(not(feature = "i18n-collator"))]
         {
-        a.line.cmp(b.line)
+            a.line.cmp(b.line)
         }
     };