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Old 07-25-2006
sorting a file with multiple columns
I have a file with several columns:

Column1 Column2 Column3. . .Column6

I want to sort the data from Column6. Could I do that through sort even if there are spaces in between fields?

Much thanks!

outta.
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Old 07-26-2006
By default sort assumes spaces delimit fields

Assume column6 is a maximum of 10 characters long
Code:
sort -k6.1,6.10  filename > newfilename

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Old 07-26-2006
Or just do:
sort +5 file > newfile
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Old 07-26-2006
Cool - got it.

Thanks all

outta.
 
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