Hi all,
I want to sort a file based on the number in the 9th column
I've tried both of the following commands
sort -k 9,9n file_to_sort.dat
sort +8 -n file_to_sort.dat
both resulting in the same output which does sort col 9 nummerically
but it doesn't output the lines in the original... (2 Replies)
hi,
i want to rename all the file names in order so that they can be sorted later.
For example, my filenames are like path\1, path\2...path\10, path\11.
But when I sort them, it sorts by the first number, so path\1 gets sorted with path\10.
I'm guessing the best way to do this is to rename... (5 Replies)
I am converting mainframes JCL to be used in shell on a one to one basis... when i use the sort command unix does ascii sort as a result which numbers are first followed by charecters in the Ascending sort ... but themainframes uses the EBCDIC as result gives the charecters followed by numbers in... (5 Replies)
I need to sort the particular column only in reverse order how i can give it..
if i give the -r option the whole file is getting sorted in reverse order.
1st 2nd col 3rd
C col 4th col 5th col
-------------------------------------------
C... (7 Replies)
Hi!
simple 'sort' produces a different output on SUN OS than on HP.
Lines with empty fields inside the key are sorted at the beginning on SUN; on HP they are at the end.
i.e
SUN
03|ref|168126310|702578641||||||||||||||
03|ref|168126310|702578641|DEL|
03|ref|168126310|702578641|FW|... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I need to sort it by column or need it in a specific order...
input is
=====
uid=shashi country= india region =0 ph=0
uid= jon region= asia ph= 12345 country=0
uid = man country= india ph=2222 region=0
uid= neera region= asia ph= 125 country=0
output should be
uid=shashi ... (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 am trying to sort a log file in chronological order to identify which ones did not process and still have an old (probably yesterday's) date. This is a sample of the file:flatf 010140 flatf Thu May 10 22:22:11 CST 2018 flats finished
flatf 010142 flatf Thu May 10 22:31:25 CST 2018 flats... (4 Replies)