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Gerry405 · #1 (**permalink**) 06-28-2005

i am tring to sort lots of data thats in many columns by just one column but, if I use sort +16 inputfile the column fluctuates because some of the rows have spaces etc within the text, so the end result is just a mess as it jumps around the columns depending whether it has spaces or not ....ie post codes some have spaces and others don't......any solutions

jim mcnamara · #2 (**permalink**) 06-28-2005

You are saying the fields in the file are space delimited - there are spaces between each field, but the fileds themselves vary in size.

Assume you want to sort on the fifth field -

Code:

sort -k 5 filename > outputfilename

Gerry405 · #3 (**permalink**) 06-29-2005

sorted.......

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