Hello all
I have data like below where the column with values (PRI, SEC ) is the char field and the rest are Numeric Fields.
200707,9580,58,7,2,1,PRI,1,1,137,205594,0,5,10,-45.51,-45.51
200707,9580,58,7,2,1,SEC,1,1,137,205594,0,5,10,-45.51,45.51... (1 Reply)
I want to sort alphabetically on the first field and sort in descending numerical order on the 2nd field. With a normal "sort -r -n" it does this:
abc ||| 5e-05 ||| bla
abc ||| 3 ||| ble
def ||| 1 ||| abc
def ||| 0.2 ||| def
As you can see it ignores the fact that 5e-05 is actually 0.00005... (1 Reply)
HI everyone,
I am trying to use the unix sort command to get a list of numbers sorted in ascending order but having trouble in getting it to work.
An example of this issue would be when i am trying to sort the following three
number each on a different line "1" , "2" and "116" the sort command... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I'm a learner of PERL programming.
I've a input file with the below data:
SWAT_5, 1703, 2010-09-21
SWAT_6, 2345, 2010-09-21
SWAT_7, 1792, 2010-09-21
SWAT_8, 1662, 2010-09-21
SWAT_9, 1888, 2010-09-21
VXHARP_1, 171, 2010-09-21
I need to sort this data based on the second... (6 Replies)
dear all,
i have .dat files named as:
34.dat
2.dat
16.dat
107.dat
i would like to sort them by their filenames as:
2.dat
16.dat
34.dat
107.dat
i have tried numerous combinations of sort and ls command (in vain) to obtain :
107.dat
16.dat
2.dat
34.dat (1 Reply)
Hi
I am using this
cat substitutionFeats.txt | gawk '{$0=gensub(/\t/,"blabla",1);print}' | gawk '{print length, $0}' | sort -n | sort -r
and the "sort -n" command doesn't work as expected: it leads to a wrong ordering:
64 Adjustable cuffs
64 Abrasion-
64 Abrasion pas
647 Sanitized 647... (4 Replies)
I have ran into a heavy case of PEBCAK*) and could need some advice on what i do wrong:
OS is Linux (kernel 2.6.35), sort --version reports "8.5" from 2010, shell is ksh.
Originally i had a file with with the following structure:
hdisk1 yyy
hdisk2 yyy
hdisk3 yyy
hdisk4 yyy
hdisk5 yyy... (2 Replies)
Input file:
100%ABC2 3.44E-12 USA
A2M%H02579 0E0 UK
100%ABC2 5.34E-8 UK
100%ABC2 3.25E-12 USA
A2M%H02579 5E-45 UK
Output file:
100%ABC2 3.44E-12 USA
100%ABC2 3.25E-12 USA
100%ABC2 5.34E-8 UK
A2M%H02579 0E0 UK
A2M%H02579 5E-45 UK
Code try:
sort -k1,1 -g -k2 -r input.txt... (2 Replies)
From googling and reading man pages I figured out this sorts the first column by numeric values.
sort -g -k 1,1
Why does the -n option not work? The man pages were a bit confusing.
And what if I want to sort the second column numerically? I haven't been able to figure that out. The file... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: cokedude
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
sort
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)
06-18-2011
