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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Sort based on positions in flat file Post 302876483 by duplicate on Monday 25th of November 2013 04:05:45 AM
Old 11-25-2013
Sort based on positions in flat file

Hello,

For example:

Code:
12........6789101112..............20212223242526..................50  ( Positions)
LName       FName                     DOB                                    (Lastname starts from 1 to 6 , FName from 8 to 15 and date of birth from 21 to29)
 
CURTIS     KENNETH                   19770607
WALKER    CHARLES                   19380105
COHAN      TREVA                      19510506

I want to sort above records based on First name, lastname and Date of Birth using Unix Script.
I have stated specific positions for firstname, last name and date of birth in the above.

Output look like

Code:
COHAN      TREVA                      19510506
CURTIS     KENNETH                   19770607
WALKER    CHARLES                   19380105

How can we achieve this?
Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment We added CODE tags to your original posting. You then removed them when you changed your sample data. Without the CODE tags, your statements about column positions make absolutely no sense. Please use CODE tags as required by forum rules. I have no idea whether I have placed the CODE tags in the proper place. Some of the line I included may be headers that you want to be ignored, or they might just be descriptive text before the contents of your sample input file.

Last edited by Don Cragun; 11-25-2013 at 04:35 PM.. Reason: Code tags
 

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Locale::Script(3pm)					 Perl Programmers Reference Guide				       Locale::Script(3pm)

NAME
Locale::Script - standard codes for script identification SYNOPSIS
use Locale::Script; $script = code2script('phnx'); # 'Phoenician' $code = script2code('Phoenician'); # 'Phnx' $code = script2code('Phoenician', LOCALE_CODE_NUMERIC); # 115 @codes = all_script_codes(); @scripts = all_script_names(); DESCRIPTION
The "Locale::Script" module provides access to standards codes used for identifying scripts, such as those defined in ISO 15924. Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default ISO 15924 four-letter codes will be used. SUPPORTED CODE SETS
There are several different code sets you can use for identifying scripts. 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: $script = code2script('phnx','alpha'); $script = code2script('phnx',LOCALE_SCRIPT_ALPHA); The codesets currently supported are: alpha, LOCALE_SCRIPT_ALPHA This is a set of four-letter (capitalized) codes from ISO 15924 such as 'Phnx' for Phoenician. It also includes additions to this set included in the IANA language registry. The Zxxx, Zyyy, and Zzzz codes are not used. This is the default code set. num, LOCALE_SCRIPT_NUMERIC This is a set of three-digit numeric codes from ISO 15924 such as 115 for Phoenician. ROUTINES
code2script ( CODE [,CODESET] ) script2code ( NAME [,CODESET] ) script_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 ) all_script_codes ( [CODESET] ) all_script_names ( [CODESET] ) Locale::Script::rename_script ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] ) Locale::Script::add_script ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] ) Locale::Script::delete_script ( CODE [,CODESET] ) Locale::Script::add_script_alias ( NAME ,NEW_NAME ) Locale::Script::delete_script_alias ( NAME ) Locale::Script::rename_script_code ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] ) Locale::Script::add_script_code_alias ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] ) Locale::Script::delete_script_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.unicode.org/iso15924/ Home page for ISO 15924. http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry The IANA language subtag registry. AUTHOR
See Locale::Codes for full author history. Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org). COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Canon Research Centre Europe (CRE). Copyright (c) 2001-2010 Neil Bowers Copyright (c) 2010-2013 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::Script(3pm)
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