Order sorting

evoGage · #1 (**permalink**) 12-02-2005

How do you sort text in order using sed?

For example

01 B D A C

to 01 ABCD

vino · #2 (**permalink**) 12-02-2005

I dont think sed alone has the power to do that.

But couple it along with other tools and it can be done.

The result follows the spacing pattern of the input.

Code:

[~/temp]$ echo "01 B D A C" | sed -e 's/ /\n/g' | sort | tr '\n' ' '
01 A B C D

Raom · #3 (**permalink**) 12-02-2005

Try this
echo "01 B D A C" | fold -2 |sort -b|xargs echo

grahamb · #4 (**permalink**) 12-04-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raom

Try this
echo "01 B D A C" | fold -2 |sort -b|xargs echo

Hi
To get rid of the spaces then add:

Code:

.....  | sed 's/ //g'
echo "01 B D A C" | fold -2 |sort -b|xargs echo | sed 's/ //g'

Regards
GrahamB

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