01-28-2011
The fields in the Log files are all delimited by tabs. I have a total of 14 Log files in this folder. I need to combine them into one large file first. That file will have to be sorted and saved.
I thought if I could do a Cat command in Unix and then a Sort command in Unix this would solve the issue. I can find MANY examples of both commands, but when I try to replicate the examples, my ONE file is NOT being created/updated/saved ever.
I would think the Cat command would be set up similar to (logically) Cat.exe all files with the extension of .log (*.log) into ('|' or '>') one large text file (file.txt). Is there a problem with combining files of one extension into one file with a different extension?
Then of course logically I would think I could then use sort to sort the now populated large file (.txt file) in reverse order based on the 3rd field in this large file.
Finally I want to save this file, then move it to another location so it can be utilized in the future for aduits.
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SORT(1) General Commands Manual SORT(1)
NAME
sort - sort a file of ASCII lines
SYNOPSIS
sort [-bcdfimnru] [-tc] [-o name] [+pos1] [-pos2] file ...
OPTIONS
-b Skip leading blanks when making comparisons
-c Check to see if a file is sorted
-d Dictionary order: ignore punctuation
-f Fold upper case onto lower case
-i Ignore nonASCII characters
-m Merge presorted files
-n Numeric sort order
-o Next argument is output file
-r Reverse the sort order
-t Following character is field separator
-u Unique mode (delete duplicate lines)
EXAMPLES
sort -nr file # Sort keys numerically, reversed
sort +2 -4 file # Sort using fields 2 and 3 as key
sort +2 -t: -o out # Field separator is :
sort +.3 -.6 # Characters 3 through 5 form the key
DESCRIPTION
Sort sorts one or more files. If no files are specified, stdin is sorted. Output is written on standard output, unless -o is specified.
The options +pos1 -pos2 use only fields pos1 up to but not including pos2 as the sort key, where a field is a string of characters delim-
ited by spaces and tabs, unless a different field delimiter is specified with -t. Both pos1 and pos2 have the form m.n where m tells the
number of fields and n tells the number of characters. Either m or n may be omitted.
SEE ALSO
comm(1), grep(1), uniq(1).
SORT(1)