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Old 03-16-2007
Indalecio Indalecio is offline
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sort -k
Hi all

Iīm stuck with the sort command and would like to ask you for help.
Iīm using the following command on the following file:

Code:
sort -t "|" -k 1 -k 9 -k 17r file

file:
21833  |23901602|01|2| |                |1|0056047507|N| | | | | | | |IN|
...
21837  |20058199|01|6| |                |1|0003110782|N| | | | | | | |CR|
21837  |21500283|01|2| |                |1|0006044233|Y| | | | | | | |CR|
21837  |23688532|01|2| |                |1|0038096691|N| | | | | | | |IN|
21837  |23759215|01|2| |                |1|0044596008|Y| | | | | | | |IN|
...
21872  |23809251|01|2| |                |1|0048651199|N| | | | | | | |IN|
22224  |20085858|01|4| |                |1|0003180165|N| | | | | | | |IN|
aaaaa  |24053243|01|2| |                |1|0068367876|N| | | | | | | |IN|
What I want is a file sorted by the first field (the original file is but I want to keep this as my primary sorting while sorting by other criterions). Then I want the ninth field (N or Y) to be sorted and then the last one (IN/CR) in reverse order (so IN comes before CR).

The expected result is the following (check the four lines in the middle):

Code:
21833  |23901602|01|2| |                |1|0056047507|N| | | | | | | |IN|
...
21837  |23688532|01|2| |                |1|0038096691|N| | | | | | | |IN|
21837  |20058199|01|6| |                |1|0003110782|N| | | | | | | |CR|
21837  |23759215|01|2| |                |1|0044596008|Y| | | | | | | |IN|
21837  |21500283|01|2| |                |1|0006044233|Y| | | | | | | |CR|
...
21872  |23809251|01|2| |                |1|0048651199|N| | | | | | | |IN|
22224  |20085858|01|4| |                |1|0003180165|N| | | | | | | |IN|
aaaaa  |24053243|01|2| |                |1|0068367876|N| | | | | | | |IN|
Why is my command not working?

Cheers
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sort -t "|" -k 1.1,1.7 -k 9.1,9.1 -k 17.1,17.2r file
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Thanks anbu, but this doesn't work. The second sorting rule is not applying:

Code:
21833  |23901602|01|2| |                |1|0056047507|N| | | | | | | |IN|
...
21837  |23688532|01|2| |                |1|0038096691|N| | | | | | | |IN|
21837  |23759215|01|2| |                |1|0044596008|Y| | | | | | | |IN|
21837  |20058199|01|6| |                |1|0003110782|N| | | | | | | |CR|
21837  |21500283|01|2| |                |1|0006044233|Y| | | | | | | |CR|
...
21872  |23809251|01|2| |                |1|0048651199|N| | | | | | | |IN|
22224  |20085858|01|4| |                |1|0003180165|N| | | | | | | |IN|
aaaaa  |24053243|01|2| |                |1|0068367876|N| | | | | | | |IN|
Using -k 9 makes the rule work, but then the third fails...
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and this,

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sort -t "|" -k 1.1,1.8 -k 9.1,9.1 -k 17.1,17.2r  filename
and verified the output that I got with your expected output and it looks same!
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Thatīs great, thanks both for your help!
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