sort is a nice idea - add comes before delete when sorted.
If the key field is precisely specified , even sort -u should work
Cannot test it right now...might need the second key field to be added...
Hello,
I have what is probably a simple task in text manipulation, but I just can't wrap my brain around it.
I have a text file that looks something like the following. Note that some have middle initials in the first field and some don't.
john.r.smith:john.smith@yahoo.com... (4 Replies)
Hello,
say suppose i am processing an file emp.dat the field of which are
deptno empno empname etc
now say suppose i want to change the file to emp.lst then how can i do it? Here i what i attempted but in vain
BEGIN{
system("sort emp.dat > emp.lst")
FILENAME="emp.lst"
}
{
print... (2 Replies)
Hello,
I'm running a script on AIX to process lines in a file. I need to enclose the second column in quotation marks and write each line to a new file. I've come up with the following:
#!/bin/ksh
filename=$1
exec >> $filename.new
cat $filename | while read LINE
do
echo $LINE | awk... (2 Replies)
I am trying to process file which has following data
#23456789012345
ACNASPSA13N0N0
ACNAPCPA05N0N0
ACNAFATS11N0N0
I want to take out each line from the file and what to put in the file by name which if part of the line starting from offset 10 to 15. It means I want to create three file... (3 Replies)
I have a 3-column data file, for which I wish to print certain parts of $3
PHI PSI A(x)
-177.5 -177.5 1.0625
-177.5 -172.5 0.55
-177.5 -167.5 0.0478125
-177.5 -162.5 0
-177.5 -157.5 0.284375
-177.5 -152.5 0.187188
-177.5 -147.5 0.236875
-177.5 -142.5 0.383438
-177.5 ... (3 Replies)
Input File:
1234, 2345,abc
1,24141,gw
222,rff,sds
2232145,sdsd,121
Output file to be generated:
000001234,2345,abc
000000001,24141,gw
000000222,rff,sds
002232145,sdsd,121
i.e; the first column is padded to get 9 digits.
I tried with following: (1 Reply)
Input File:
1234, 2345,abc
1,24141,gw
222,rff,sds
2232145,sdsd,121
Output file to be generated:
000001234,2345,abc
000000001,24141,gw
000000222,rff,sds
002232145,sdsd,121
i.e; the first column is padded to get 9 digits.
I tried with following: (3 Replies)
Hello,
I extracted a list of files in a directory with the command ls . However this is not my computer, so the ls functionality has been revamped so that it gives the filesizes in front like this :
This is the output of ls command : I stored the output in a file filelist
1.1M... (5 Replies)
I have one input file ABC.txt and one output DEF.txt. After the ABC is processed and created output, I want to rename ABC.txt to ABC.orig and DEF to ABC.txt. Currently when I am doing this, it does not process the input file as it cannot read and write to the same file. How can I achieve this?
... (12 Replies)
Hi - I want to interrogate information about my poker hands, sessions are all recorded in a text file in a particular format. Each hand starts with the string <PokerStars> followed by a unique hand reference and other data like date/time. There is then all the information about each hand. My first... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: rbeech23
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LEARN ABOUT OSF1
sortm
sortm(1) General Commands Manual sortm(1)NAME
sortm - sort messages (only available within the message handling system, mh)
SYNOPSIS
sortm [msgs] [+folder] [options]
OPTIONS
Specifies the name of the header field to use when making the date comparison. If you have a special field in each message, such as Deliv-
ery-Date:, then the -datefield switch can be used to tell sortm which field to examine. If you do not give this option, the default is to
use the Date: header field. Prints a list of all the valid options to this command. Displays the general actions that it is taking to
place the folder in sorted order. The -noverbose option performs these actions silently. The default is -noverbose.
The default settings for this command are:
+folder defaults to the current folder msgs defaults to all -datefield date -noverbose
DESCRIPTION
The command sortm sorts all the messages in the current folder into chronological order according to the contents of the Date: fields of
the messages.
By default, sortm sorts all the messages in the current folder. You can select particular messages in the folder by giving a range of mes-
sages. You can also sort messages in another folder by specifying the folder name.
If sortm encounters a message without a Date: field, or if the message has a Date: field that sortm cannot parse, it attempts to keep the
message in the same relative position. However, this does not always work; for instance, if the first message encountered lacks a date
which can be parsed, then it will usually be placed at the end of the messages being sorted.
When sortm complains about a message which it cannot order, it complains about the message number prior to sorting.
PROFILE COMPONENTS
Path: To determine your MH directory
EXAMPLES
The following example sorts all the messages in the folder +meetings: % sortm +meetings The next example sorts messages 10-30 in the folder
called +test: % sortm +test 10-30
FILES
The user profile.
SEE ALSO folder(1)sortm(1)