Hey guys.

I am trying to Sort a pretty big file just in ascending order. Nothing as specific as size, name, numeric etc. The current code I have so far is:

sort -k 1.1,1.17 <filename> -o <filename>

That command above just seems to be rearranging the fields I am trying to sort. Any thoughts on this? Do I need to denote a size specification or anything like that?

Thanks for any help.

Hi,
Please provide us the sample input & output file,so that we can get a clear picture.

Thanks
Nagarajan Ganesan

sort -k 1.1,1.17 $DC_abc/xyz_split.dat -o $DC_abc/xyz_split_sort.dat