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Old 06-03-2013
Sorting files ending in numbers with "sort"
I have a group of files that I need to be sorted by number. I have tried to use the sort command without any luck.
Code:
ls includes* 
includes1
includes10
includes11
includes12
includes2
includes3
includes4
includes5
includes6
includes7
includes8
includes9

I have tried ls includes* |sort -n and I have tried sorting by field. I then tried sort -r to see if the order would reverse. None of these commands changes the order. includes10 includes11 and includes12 should be at the end of these files not at the beginning. Any ideas as to how to accomplish this?
# 2  
Old 06-03-2013
Not very scientific, but:

Code:
$ ls includes* | sort -ts -nsk2
includes1
includes2
includes3
includes4
includes5
includes6
includes7
includes8
includes9
includes10
includes11
includes12

It would be better if the files were created with the numbers padded.
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# 3  
Old 06-03-2013
At first no luck but I got it!
ls includes* | sort -ts -nk2 worked for me. The -nsk2 didn't do a thing. I will have to study the bash man page for sort, but thanks!
# 4  
Old 06-03-2013
Oh yes, that s isn't necessary.
# 5  
Old 06-04-2013
I want to contribute the "normal" sort, too:
Code:
ls includes* | sort -nk1.9

# 6  
Old 06-04-2013
Thank you
Thanks a lot for guiding us here.


Thanks,
R. Singh
# 7  
Old 06-04-2013
Hi.

The non-standard msort utility can be used:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/env bash

# @(#) s1	Demonstrate msort hybrid comparison.

pe() { for _i;do printf "%s" "$_i";done; printf "\n"; }
pl() { pe;pe "-----" ;pe "$*"; }
db() { ( printf " db, ";for _i;do printf "%s" "$_i";done;printf "\n" ) >&2 ; }
db() { : ; }
C=$HOME/bin/context && [ -f $C ] && $C msort

# See: http://freecode.com/projects/msort
# Special comparison mode "hybrid".
# Hybrid comparison is like lexicographic comparison except for
# the fact that strings of digits are treated as numbers. 


FILE=${1-data1}

pl " Results of msort hybrid comparison:"
msort -j -q -l -n 1 -c hybrid $FILE

exit 0

producing:
Code:
% ./s1

Environment: LC_ALL = C, LANG = C
(Versions displayed with local utility "version")
OS, ker|rel, machine: Linux, 2.6.26-2-amd64, x86_64
Distribution        : Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.8 (lenny) 
bash GNU bash 3.2.39
msort 8.44

-----
 Results of msort hybrid comparison:
includes1
includes2
includes3
includes4
includes5
includes6
includes7
includes8
includes9
includes10
includes11
includes12

Best wishes ... cheers, drl
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