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I am using CentOS6.2
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That should work then, since CentOS 6.2 uses GNU sort (but it is not a portable solution). Did you give it a try?
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Yes it works. Thanks..

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Hi Can you please explain me the awk command you have used here? I need to customize it. But i am not able to understand the regex in this..

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That should work then, since CentOS 6.2 uses GNU sort (but it is not a portable solution). Did you give it a try?
Hi Can you please explain me the awk command you have used here? I need to customize it. But i am not able to understand the regex in this..
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