05-13-2014
Let's look at field $1 in the sample file I provided. The maximum number of digits in this field is 9, although many entries are less than nine digits, and some begin with one or more leading zeros.
My goal is to format field $1 so I can sort the entire file in ascending numeric order by field $1. Maybe printf isn't the best method. Perhaps padding the field with leading zeroes would be an alternative answer. But then I'm in the same boat -- how do I combine the printf formatting with reporting the rest of the records for each line? Again, this may not be the best method. Thank you for your assistance.
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