sort won't eliminate any lines (except for duplicates). To sort correctly for the first two key fields, you need to do
as dennis had. sort -n (or similar) won't do it if your first field has different lengths.
Filtering out the lines before sorting may be more efficient if you have many lines and most of them should be eliminated.
I have been using a procmail recipe for some time. I successfully include numerous INCLUDERC files. However, since each of these include files have become rather large over time, I started to try to organize better.
So where procmailrc once just had:
INCLUDERC=$PMDIR/original-filters.rc
... (0 Replies)
Hi to all.
I'm trying to sort this with the Unix command sort.
user1:12345678:3.5:2.5:8:1:2:3
user2:12345679:4.5:3.5:8:1:3:2
user3:12345687:5.5:2.5:6:1:3:2
user4:12345670:5.5:2.5:5:3:2:1
user5:12345671:2.5:5.5:7:2:3:1
I need to get this:
user3:12345687:5.5:2.5:6:1:3:2... (7 Replies)
#! /bin/csh
set pattern = ""
set deli = |
foreach i ( `cat pattern`)
set pattern = "$pattern$deli$i"
end
all i want to accomplish is create a string a|b|c, but instead I got an invalid null command error,
thanks for your help (1 Reply)
hi,
i have to put in my script a command that should tell me if the contents of two different paths are the same.
I thought to write an "if" command who makes the diff of two files which contains the `ls` of the folders and go on with the script if is not null, but i'm afraid of the fact... (13 Replies)
Hi ,
On my box everything works fine. But whenever I run command
It returns nothing as you see @(none) too.
Its very strange issue I have never noticed on any other system yet.
Any one have any idea about this.
Thank you (2 Replies)
Why does this not work?
echo 'find / -iname \'*katt*\' -size +500M 2>/dev/null'
How does this work? I have 5 single quotes. I though you needed an even amount of single quotes.
echo 'find / -iname \'*katt*\' -size +500M 2>/dev/null''
What is the trick to make it work with an alias? This... (4 Replies)
Hello everyone
I am doing a join command. Obviously, before I need two files sorted first. ( Both files have headers and have about 2 million lines each one )
The problem is, one of the files has null values in the key to sort (which is the first filed ). For example I have the original... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I have this script which gives me output as Invalid null command
set recent_file=`grep '^-.*xlsx$' $FTP_LOG |\
sed -e 's/Jan/1/g' \
-e 's/Feb/2/g' \
-e 's/Mar/3/g' \
-e... (6 Replies)
I am using ISQL command in ksh script.
Suppose if i get NULL value from the query which i run,how can i handle it?
I am getting a NULL result set and the following error is coming.
############### output of isql command for getting the sum of JEs ################
-----------
NULL... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Sharma331
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LEARN ABOUT BSD
sortbib
SORTBIB(1) General Commands Manual SORTBIB(1)NAME
sortbib - sort bibliographic database
SYNOPSIS
sortbib [ -sKEYS ] database ...
DESCRIPTION
Sortbib sorts files of records containing refer key-letters by user-specified keys. Records may be separated by blank lines, or by .[ and
.] delimiters, but the two styles may not be mixed together. This program reads through each database and pulls out key fields, which are
sorted separately. The sorted key fields contain the file pointer, byte offset, and length of corresponding records. These records are
delivered using disk seeks and reads, so sortbib may not be used in a pipeline to read standard input.
By default, sortbib alphabetizes by the first %A and the %D fields, which contain the senior author and date. The -s option is used to
specify new KEYS. For instance, -sATD will sort by author, title, and date, while -sA+D will sort by all authors, and date. Sort keys
past the fourth are not meaningful. No more than 16 databases may be sorted together at one time. Records longer than 4096 characters
will be truncated.
Sortbib sorts on the last word on the %A line, which is assumed to be the author's last name. A word in the final position, such as
``jr.'' or ``ed.'', will be ignored if the name beforehand ends with a comma. Authors with two-word last names or unusual constructions
can be sorted correctly by using the nroff convention `` '' in place of a blank. A %Q field is considered to be the same as %A, except
sorting begins with the first, not the last, word. Sortbib sorts on the last word of the %D line, usually the year. It also ignores lead-
ing articles (like ``A'' or ``The'') when sorting by titles in the %T or %J fields; it will ignore articles of any modern European lan-
guage. If a sort-significant field is absent from a record, sortbib places that record before other records containing that field.
SEE ALSO refer(1), addbib(1), roffbib(1), indxbib(1), lookbib(1)AUTHORS
Greg Shenaut, Bill Tuthill
BUGS
Records with missing author fields should probably be sorted by title.
4.2 Berkeley Distribution April 29, 1985 SORTBIB(1)