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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Sort based on numbers Post 302878177 by lazydev on Wednesday 4th of December 2013 11:29:33 PM
Old 12-05-2013
Sort based on numbers

I have a file which has the following data :-

Quote:
1 data1
147 data2
2003 data3
81 data4
90 data5
24 data6
how can I sort the data in descending order .

Quote:
2003 data3
147 data2
90 data5
81 data4
24 data6
1 data1
My files may have the first column with 1 to 10000 numbers .I need to arrange them in descending order .


Thanks
 

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AuMonitorNotifyEvent(3) 				     Library Functions Manual					   AuMonitorNotifyEvent(3)

Name
       AuMonitorNotifyEvent - monitor notify event structure

Structures
       #include <audio/audiolib.h>

       typedef union _AuEvent
       {
	   . . .
	   AuMonitorNotifyEvent aumonitornotify;
	   . . .
       }AuEvent;

       typedef struct _AuMonitorNotifyEvent
       {
	   int type;
	   AuUint32 serial;
	   AuBool send_event;
	   AuServer *server;
	   AuTime time;
	   AuFlowID flow;
	   unsigned char element_num;
	   unsigned char format;
	   unsigned char num_tracks;
	   unsigned short count;
	   unsigned short num_fields;
	   AuUint32 data;
	   AuUint32 data1;
	   AuUint32 data2;
       }AuMonitorNotifyEvent;

Members
       type	 The event type.  MonitorNotify events are type AuEventTypeMonitorNotify.

       serial	 The serial ID of the event expanded from the 16 bit value sent by the server.

       send_event
		 AuTrue if the event came from a SendEvent protocol request.

       server	 The connection to the audio server that the event was read from.

       time	 The server time in milliseconds when the event was generated.

       flow	 Specifies the ID of the flow that caused the event.

       element_num
		 The index of the ExportMonitor element that gnerated this event.

       format	 The  format of the monitor data.  Currently, the following formats are defined: AuFormatULAW8, AuFormatLinearUnsigned8, AuFormat-
		 LinearSigned8,   AuFormatLinearSigned16MSB,   AuFormatLinearUnsigned16MSB,   AuFormatSignedLinear16LSB,   and	 AuFormatLinearUn-
		 signed16LSB.  Taken from the ExportMonitor element.

       num_tracks
		 The number of tracks in the monitor data.  Taken from the ExportMonitor element.

       count	 Always 0.

       num_fields
		 Always 2.

       data	 Monitor data.

       data1	 Monitor data.

       data2	 Monitor data.

Description
       MonitorNotify events will be sent to clients with flows containing ExportMonitor elements.

See Also
       AuAnyEvent, AuElementNotifyEvent, AuErrorEvent, AuGrabNotifyEvent.

       audiolib - Network Audio System C Language Interface

audiolib - events						       1.9.3						   AuMonitorNotifyEvent(3)
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