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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting UNix one-liner to sort a file Post 302436932 by ad23 on Tuesday 13th of July 2010 01:31:38 PM
Old 07-13-2010
UNix one-liner to sort a file
Hi everyone,

I have a txt file as:

Code:
>001.b1
GCTAGTGCTAGCTAGCTAGCATCGATCGAT
>002.b1
CAGTCAGTCGTAGTGCTAGCTGATGCTCGT
>003.b1
CGATCGTAGTCGTATCGATGCTGACGTAGG
>002.g1
ATGCTGATCGACTAGCTAGTCGT
>015.b1
CGATCTAGTAGTGCTAGTCGTTT
>001.g1
ATGCTGATCGACTAGCTAGTCGT
>003.g1
CGATGCTAGTCGATGCTGACGGG

I am trying to sort the above file according to the header (starting with '>') for every record. I am using something like this:

Code:
sort -n file.txt

But it is sorting the file like dis:

Code:
>001.b1
>001.g1
>002.b1
>002.g1
>003.b1
>003.g1
>015.b1
ATGCTGATCGACTAGCTAGTCGT
ATGCTGATCGACTAGCTAGTCGT
CAGTCAGTCGTAGTGCTAGCTGATGCTCGT
CGATCGTAGTCGTATCGATGCTGACGTAGG
CGATCTAGTAGTGCTAGTCGTTT
CGATGCTAGTCGATGCTGACGGG
GCTAGTGCTAGCTAGCTAGCATCGATCGAT

Any suggestions??
 

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PAPS(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   PAPS(1)

NAME

       paps - UTF-8 to PostScript converter using Pango

SYNOPSIS

       paps [options] files...

DESCRIPTION

       paps reads a UTF-8 encoded file and generates a PostScript language rendering of the file. The rendering is done by creating outline curves
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OPTIONS

       These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with  two  dashes  (`-').   A  summary  of  options	is
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       --landscape
	      Landscape output. Default is portrait.

       --columns=cl
	      Number of columns output. Default is 1.

       --font=desc
	      Set the font description. Default is Monospace 12.

       --rtl  Do rtl layout.

       --paper ps
	      Choose paper size. Known paper sizes are legal, letter, a4. Default is A4.

       --bottom-margin=bm
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       --top-margin=tm
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       --left-margin=lm
	      Set left margin. Default is 36.

       --right-margin=rm
	      Set right margin. Default is 36.

       --help Show summary of options.

       --header
	      Draw page header for each page.

       --markup
	      Interpret the text as pango markup.

       --encoding=ENCODING
	      Assume the documentation encoding is ENCODING.

       --lpi  Set the lines per inch. This determines the line spacing.

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       --stretch-chars
	      Indicates  that  characters  should be stretched in the y-direction to fill up their vertical space. This is similar to the texttops
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AUTHOR

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