infile:
z y x
c b a
desired output:
x y z
a b c
I don't want to sort the lines into this:
a b c
x y z
nor this:
c b a
z y x
The number of fields per line and number of lines is indeterminate. The field separator is always a space.
Thanks for the use of your collective brains.... (11 Replies)
Hi,
I want to delete a line in a file that contains a string. I tried:
grep -v "mystring" Myfile > Myfile
But this makes the Myfile empty. I read that I need to do something like:
grep -v "mystring" Myfile > Myfile.new
rm Myfile
mv Myfile.new Myfile
Is there a way to avoid creating a... (2 Replies)
Hello,
I have a text file that I need to sort the lines by date
record=5,French 9,2008-09-02T08:55:00,2008-09-02T10:00:00,2
record=79,Entrepreneurship 30,2008-09-17T11:00:00,2008-09-17T12:00:00,2
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So, I have a file that has some duplicate lines. The file has a header line that I would like to keep at the top.
I could do this by extracting the header from the file, 'sort -u' the remaining lines, and recombine them. But they are quite big, so if there is a way to do it with a single... (1 Reply)
HI all
i have a text file file1 like this
004002004545454000001
041002004545222000002
006003008751525000003
007003008751352000004
006003008751142000005
004001005745745000006
i want to sort the file according to position 1-5 and secondary sort by
the last position of file 16-21... (4 Replies)
I am in need of keeping a title of a report and removing duplicates from a file like the one below. I will be using the `uniq –u` command for the removal of duplicate lines (let me know if there is a better way rather than the command `uniq`) but I need to keep the title (first 9 lines) of the... (2 Replies)
Hi all,
I have a file with 3 columns separated by space. Each column has a heading. I want to sort according to the values in the 2nd column (ascending order).
Ex.
Name rank direction
goory 0.05 --+
laby 0.0006 ---
namy 0.31 -+-
....etc.
Output should be
Name rank direction
laby... (3 Replies)
Hello,
I am looking to automate a task - which is updating an existing access control instruction of a server and making sure that the attributes defined in the instruction is in sorted order. The instructions will be of a specific syntax.
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wrap-and-sort
WRAP-AND-SORT(1) General Commands Manual WRAP-AND-SORT(1)NAME
wrap-and-sort - wrap long lines and sort items in Debian packaging files
SYNOPSIS
wrap-and-sort [options]
DESCRIPTION
wrap-and-sort wraps the package lists in Debian control files. By default the lists will only split into multiple lines if the entries are
longer than 80 characters. wrap-and-sort sorts the package lists in Debian control files and all .install files. Beside that wrap-and-sort
removes trailing spaces in these files.
This script should be run in the root of a Debian package tree. It searches for control, control.in, copyright, copyright.in, install, and
*.install in the debian directory.
OPTIONS -h, --help
Show this help message and exit.
-a, --wrap-always
Wrap all package lists in the Debian control file even if the entries are shorter than 80 characters and could fit in one line line.
-s, --short-indent
Only indent wrapped lines by one space (default is in-line with the field name).
-b, --sort-binary-packages
Sort binary package paragraphs by name.
-k, --keep-first
When sorting binary package paragraphs, leave the first one at the top. Unqualified debhelper(7) configuration files are applied to
the first package.
-n, --no-cleanup
Do not remove trailing whitespaces.
-d path, --debian-directory=path
Location of the debian directory (default: ./debian).
-f file, --file=file
Wrap and sort only the specified file. You can specify this parameter multiple times. All supported files will be processed if no
files are specified.
-v, --verbose
Print all files that are touched.
AUTHORS
wrap-and-sort and this manpage have been written by Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>.
Both are released under the ISC license.
DEBIAN Debian Utilities WRAP-AND-SORT(1)