I'm having a file with 5 fields.
I want to sort that file according to one field
no 3. How shall I do using awk programming.

Any input appreciatable.

regards,
vadivel.

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vadivel.r

If you are asking how to sort a file on the 5th field, that's easy:

sort -k 5 < file

I can certainly give you an example in awk too, but, be careful what you ask for.. ;-)

- dEvNuL

Hi,

thanks for ur response. But that sort option is
not working. My file is like,

ABCD 2.03 0.00 123.00 0.00
ACB 0.00 25.00 0.00 123.23
ABVCERR[12] 0.00 456.00 98.00 0.00

like this I want to sort with the last field.
As every field is of various length and 5 spaces
between fields, I'm not able to use sort command
like sort -t\ +3rn < file
it is giving some garbage results. That's why
I want an awk program which will be a secured one.
Thanks for any input.

Regards,
vadivel.

Try "sort -k5n". I have tried it on your data and it worked for me.

Remember, homework is not allowed in the forums. This looks like a homework problem to me

Sorry,

I'm a programmer. I'm having the problem in
extracting a report file. I dont want to give
the exact information in the report file,
so I gave an example. If it leads to a
misunderstanding that I'm a student I feel
sorry for that.

Regards,
vadivel.

Hi Perderabo,

I'm getting error message like,

sort: option requires an argument -- k

for the command sort -k5n < file
It is suggesting that I've to give end
field argument also.

regards,
vadivel