Your problem statement says sort -k isn't working, but you're not showing us what you're trying to sort. Please show us the output of the command:
Then show us the output of the command:
and the command:
If what you showed as the contents of FIRST.report.out is the output from the unzip and SECOND.report.out is the output from feeding FIRST.report.out through
then the output is correct. Your primary sort key is field 12 which is "20120808" in every input line. So, sort processes the entire line as a sort key to resolve the ambiguity and finds the first differences in the second field. It has correctly sorted AT1 before FUN and FUN before PRE. Since the last two line match on the PRE, sort continues looking for differences and finally sorts the last two lines so GuinE comes before MooreBe. Since field 12 is identical in every record, the output from sort -k12 and sort without -k12 is identical. What are we missing?
Hi ,
I would like to list or sort by date and time (the files are named in day and time format) where the latest file will be placed at the bottom and the earliest file be placed at the top. Can anybody help me?
My files are named in the following manner.
EG: abc_071128_144121_data
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Hello all,
I have a file - 12.txt
cat 12.txt
===============================================
Number of executions = 2 Total execution time (sec.ms) = 0.009883
Number of executions = 8 Total execution time (sec.ms) = 0.001270
Number of... (23 Replies)
How do you combine these ls commands so that I can have the outputs by name, time stamp, and size?
ls -al |grep name_of_file
ls -al | sort +4nr
ls -l -t
Please advise. (4 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)
Hi Guru,
I need some help regarding awking the output so it only show the first line (based on column) of each row.
So If column has 1, three row, then it only show the first line of that row, based on similar character in column 1. So i am trying to achieve a sort, based on column one and... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Junes
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sortbib
sortbib(1) General Commands Manual sortbib(1)Name
sortbib - sort bibliographic database
Syntax
sortbib [-sKEYS] database...
Description
The command 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 may not be used in a pipeline to read standard input.
By default, 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.
The command 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 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. The command sorts on the last word of the %D line, usually the year. It also ignores leading
articles (like ``A'' or ``The'') when sorting by titles in the %T or %J fields; it will ignore articles of any modern European language.
If a sort-significant field is absent from a record, places that record before other records containing that field.
Options-sKEYS
Specifies new sort KEYS. For example, ATD sorts by author, title, and date.
See Alsoaddbib(1), indxbib(1), lookbib(1), refer(1), roffbib(1)sortbib(1)