title: force linux sort to use lexicographic order
body: <p>I generated a text file with pseudo-random numbers like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>-853340442 1130519212 -2070936922 
  -707168664 -2076185735 -2135012102 
  166464098 1928545126 5768715 
  1060168276 -684694617 395859713 
  -680897578 -2095893176 1457930442 
  299309402 192205833 1878010157 
  -678911642 2062673581 -1801057195 
  795693402 -631504846 2117889796 
  448959250 547707556 -1115929024 
  168558507 7468411 1600190097 
  -746131117 1557335455 73377787 
  -1144524558 2143073647 -2044347857 
  1862106004 -193937480 1596949168 
  -1193502513 -920620244 -365340967 
  -677065994 500654963 1031304603 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now I try to put it in order using linux <code>sort</code> command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>sort prng &gt;prngsorted
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The result is not what I expected:</p>
  
  <pre><code>1060168276 -684694617 395859713 
  -1144524558 2143073647 -2044347857 
  -1193502513 -920620244 -365340967 
  166464098 1928545126 5768715 
  168558507 7468411 1600190097 
  1862106004 -193937480 1596949168 
  299309402 192205833 1878010157 
  448959250 547707556 -1115929024 
  -677065994 500654963 1031304603 
  -678911642 2062673581 -1801057195 
  -680897578 -2095893176 1457930442 
  -707168664 -2076185735 -2135012102 
  -746131117 1557335455 73377787 
  795693402 -631504846 2117889796 
  -853340442 1130519212 -2070936922 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Obviously, <code>sort</code> tries to parse strings and extract numbers for sorting. And it seems to ignore minus signs.</p>
  
  <p>Is it possible to force <code>sort</code> to be a bit dumber and just compare lines lexicographically? The result should be like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>-1144524558 2143073647 -2044347857 
  -1193502513 -920620244 -365340967 
  -677065994 500654963 1031304603 
  -678911642 2062673581 -1801057195 
  -680897578 -2095893176 1457930442 
  -707168664 -2076185735 -2135012102 
  -746131117 1557335455 73377787 
  -853340442 1130519212 -2070936922 
  1060168276 -684694617 395859713 
  166464098 1928545126 5768715 
  168558507 7468411 1600190097 
  1862106004 -193937480 1596949168 
  299309402 192205833 1878010157 
  448959250 547707556 -1115929024 
  795693402 -631504846 2117889796 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Note: I tried <code>-d</code> option but it did not help</p>
  
  <p>Note 2: Probably I should use another utility instead of <code>sort</code>?</p>