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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Sort + and - Post 302799985 by cokedude on Sunday 28th of April 2013 01:45:30 PM
Old 04-28-2013
Sort + and -

I was reading this guide.

Linux Sort - Linux Commands

I created a company.data file with:
Code:
Jack Arta 250000 Indonesia
 Bay Ching 500000 China
 Cruella Lumper 725000 Malaysia

I noticed simple cases like this are the same
Code:
sort +1 -2 company.data
sort -k2 company.data

sort -r +2 -3 company.data > test1
sort -k 3r company.data > test2
vimdiff test1 test2

I noticed non simple cases like this are not the same
Code:
ls -l | sort -nk2 > test1
ls -l | sort +1 -2n > test2
vimdiff test1 test2

ls -l | sort -r +2 -3 > test1
ls -l | sort -k 3r > test2
vimdiff test1 test2

Can someone please explain what the + and - mean and how to use them?
 

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CGEXEC(1)							 libcgroup Manual							 CGEXEC(1)

NAME
cgexec - run the task in given control groups SYNOPSIS
cgexec [-h] [-g <controllers>:<path>] [--sticky] command [arguments] DESCRIPTION
The cgexec program executes the task command with arguments arguments in the given control groups. -g <controllers>:<path> defines the control groups in which the task will be run. controllers is a list of controllers and path is the relative path to control groups in the given controllers list. This flag can be used multiple times to define multiple pairs of lists of controllers and relative paths. Instead of the list of all mounted controllers, the wildcard b"*b" can be used. If this option is not used, cgexec will automatically place the task in the right cgroup based on /etc/cgrules.conf. -h, --help Display this help and exit. --sticky If running the task command with this option, the daemon of service cgred (cgrulesengd process) does not change both the task of the command and the child tasks. Without this option, the daemon does not change the task of the command but it changes the child tasks to the right cgroup based on /etc/cgrules.conf automatically. EXAMPLES
cgexec -g *:test1 ls runs command ls in control group test1 in all mounted controllers. cgexec -g cpu,memory:test1 ls -l runs command ls -l in control group test1 in controllers cpu and memory. cgexec -g cpu,memory:test1 -g swap:test2 ls -l runs command ls -l in control group test1 in controllers cpu and memory and control group test2 in controller swap. FILES
/etc/cgrules.conf default libcgroup configuration file SEE ALSO
cgrules.conf (5) Linux 2009-03-15 CGEXEC(1)
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