02-19-2008
sort columns by field
hello,
i have a table contain many columns delimited by blank.
i want to sort this table by the 2 columns and 3 one and i want to keep the first line inchanged?
how can i do using the sort command?
thanks
table like :
field1 field2 field3 field4
x y z b
t h r n
..
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