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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Sort command usage Post 302858547 by newbie2010 on Monday 30th of September 2013 07:04:42 PM
Old 09-30-2013
Case insensitive sort
Yes I see how it works now. I actually was using a file I copied from somewhere else and the -k3,3n only appeared to work. I was able to get the file to sort through cat file | sort -t/ -k4.15

Code:
/ifs/SQL_Backups3/SQL_SharePoint
/ifs/SQL_Backups/SQL_SharePoint1

The other question which you even mentioned is in regard to case sensitivity. Now it seems to be impossible to sort both numerically AND also disregard case, even with the f option. I've tried using different sort and uniq options and if I have a number and a word, it doesn't work. For example:
Code:
NEW
/ifs/DumpsterArchive
NEW
/ifs/data
NEW
/ifs/eas_archive
NEW
/ifs/data13
NEW
/ifs/data8
NEW
/ifs/data5
NEW
/ifs/data6
NEW
/ifs/data7

Code:
file |sort -t/ -k3.5n

works just great but even with
Code:
sort -f -t/ -k3.5n

it still puts Dumpster at the very top of the file.
I therefore tried with
Code:
 tr [a-z] [A-Z]

but as this would make all the letters upper case then it wouldn't work in the end.
So I tried sed patterns but unless the first letter was the cause of the case sensitive sort every time, I am not sure it would work.

Does sort allow the -f with the -n so that you can sort alphanumerically? If not I assume I could use some form of sed to save the pattern
Last edited by Don Cragun; 09-30-2013 at 08:20 PM.. Reason: Add missing CODE tags.
 

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locale::codes::langfam5.18

Locale::Codes::LangFam(3pm)				 Perl Programmers Reference Guide			       Locale::Codes::LangFam(3pm)

NAME

       Locale::Codes::LangFam - standard codes for language extension identification

SYNOPSIS

	  use Locale::Codes::LangFam;

	  $lext = code2langfam('apa');		       # $lext gets 'Apache languages'
	  $code = langfam2code('Apache languages');    # $code gets 'apa'

	  @codes   = all_langfam_codes();
	  @names   = all_langfam_names();

DESCRIPTION

       The "Locale::Codes::LangFam" module provides access to standard codes used for identifying language families, such as those as defined in
       ISO 639-5.

       Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default ISO 639-5
       language family codes will be used.

SUPPORTED CODE SETS

       There are several different code sets you can use for identifying language families. A code set may be specified using either a name, or a
       constant that is automatically exported by this module.

       For example, the two are equivalent:

	  $lext = code2langfam('apa','alpha');
	  $lext = code2langfam('apa',LOCALE_LANGFAM_ALPHA);

       The codesets currently supported are:

       alpha
	   This is the set of three-letter (lowercase) codes from ISO 639-5 such as 'apa' for Apache languages.

	   This is the default code set.

ROUTINES

       code2langfam ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       langfam2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
       langfam_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
       all_langfam_codes ( [CODESET] )
       all_langfam_names ( [CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::rename_langfam  ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::add_langfam  ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::delete_langfam  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::add_langfam_alias  ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::delete_langfam_alias  ( NAME )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::rename_langfam_code  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::add_langfam_code_alias  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::delete_langfam_code_alias  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
	   These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes::API man page.

SEE ALSO

       Locale::Codes
	   The Locale-Codes distribution.

       Locale::Codes::API
	   The list of functions supported by this module.

       http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-5/id.php
	   ISO 639-5 .

AUTHOR

       See Locale::Codes for full author history.

       Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).

COPYRIGHT

	  Copyright (c) 2011-2013 Sullivan Beck

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.18.2							    2013-11-04					       Locale::Codes::LangFam(3pm)
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