The sort utility key field specifiers -k 1,3 and -k 12,4 are specifying ranges of fields (not output print columns). To sort on the 1st three characters (still not print columns) on the line as the primary sort key and the 12th through the 15th characters of the 1st field as the secondary sort key the way to specify it would be:
which would save:
in output.txt for the given sample input. Note that when all given sort keys give two or more lines the same sort order (as in the last two lines here), the tie is broken by using the entire line as a final increasing order alphanumeric sort key.
PS Note also that sort works on text, not binary data. It sorts characters; not bytes. If the file you're sorting is ASCII it might not matter; but if your text contains UTF-8 multibyte characters; it makes a big difference.
Last edited by Don Cragun; 11-05-2013 at 06:33 PM..
Reason: Note byte != character.
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I'm looking for a sort command that will sort by zip code first then by last name. (zip code is the last field, last name is first field)
data file looks like this.
Hope Bob 1234 Main ST. Colorado Springs, CO 80920
I was thinking along the lines of:
sort -k9n address.data //for the... (2 Replies)
Hi all.
Is there a way that I can use the sort command too sort the following field by earliest time (12:00AM) to latest time (11:59PM)?
07:12PM
07:53PM
07:54PM
08:07PM
10:15AM
10:21AM
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Hi to all.
I'm trying to sort this with the Unix command sort.
user1:12345678:3.5:2.5:8:1:2:3
user2:12345679:4.5:3.5:8:1:3:2
user3:12345687:5.5:2.5:6:1:3:2
user4:12345670:5.5:2.5:5:3:2:1
user5:12345671:2.5:5.5:7:2:3:1
I need to get this:
user3:12345687:5.5:2.5:6:1:3:2... (7 Replies)
I am going through the Unix Made Easy second edition book by John Muster. So far it's been very informative and I can tell it may be a bit out of date.
In one of the exercises it talks about the "sort" command and using it to sort column's of data etc. The "sort" command has changed a bit and... (1 Reply)
Hi Guys,
I have a file to be sorted and uniq with the following format.
S00001002|01|20021231
S00001002|01|20011031
S00001006|01|20120430
S00001006|01|20111231
S00001006|01|20111031
S00001006|01|20110831
S00001006|01|20110731
S00001006|01|20101231
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I have a file like this:
/vol/eng_app_0103z
/vol/eng_app_0103z
/vol/eng_app_0120z
/vol/eng_app_0126z
/vol/eng_app_0144z
/vol/eng_app_0150z
/vol/eng_app_0154z
/vol/eng_app_01551z
/vol/eng_app_01552z
/vol/eng_app_0155z
/vol/eng_app_0164z
/vol/eng_app_0199zWhen I use the sort command... (3 Replies)
Have a text file containing 4 columns, the 4th column is sorted numerically in descending order. The 2nd column is alpha text. Been able to get the 4th column to sort in descending order. The 2nd column sorts correctly but it's also in reverse. Would like to be able to keep the 4th column sort... (8 Replies)
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wrap-and-sort
WRAP-AND-SORT(1) General Commands Manual WRAP-AND-SORT(1)NAME
wrap-and-sort - wrap long lines and sort items in Debian packaging files
SYNOPSIS
wrap-and-sort [options]
DESCRIPTION
wrap-and-sort wraps the package lists in Debian control files. By default the lists will only split into multiple lines if the entries are
longer than 80 characters. wrap-and-sort sorts the package lists in Debian control files and all .install files. Beside that wrap-and-sort
removes trailing spaces in these files.
This script should be run in the root of a Debian package tree. It searches for control, control.in, copyright, copyright.in, install, and
*.install in the debian directory.
OPTIONS -h, --help
Show this help message and exit.
-a, --wrap-always
Wrap all package lists in the Debian control file even if the entries are shorter than 80 characters and could fit in one line line.
-s, --short-indent
Only indent wrapped lines by one space (default is in-line with the field name).
-b, --sort-binary-packages
Sort binary package paragraphs by name.
-k, --keep-first
When sorting binary package paragraphs, leave the first one at the top. Unqualified debhelper(7) configuration files are applied to
the first package.
-n, --no-cleanup
Do not remove trailing whitespaces.
-d path, --debian-directory=path
Location of the debian directory (default: ./debian).
-f file, --file=file
Wrap and sort only the specified file. You can specify this parameter multiple times. All supported files will be processed if no
files are specified.
-v, --verbose
Print all files that are touched.
AUTHORS
wrap-and-sort and this manpage have been written by Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>.
Both are released under the ISC license.
DEBIAN Debian Utilities WRAP-AND-SORT(1)