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 REDHAT
sort
SORT(1) User Commands SORT(1)NAME
sort - sort lines of text files
SYNOPSIS
sort [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Write sorted concatenation of all FILE(s) to standard output.
Ordering options:
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-b, --ignore-leading-blanks ignore leading blanks
-d, --dictionary-order
consider only blanks and alphanumeric characters
-f, --ignore-case
fold lower case to upper case characters
-g, --general-numeric-sort
compare according to general numerical value
-i, --ignore-nonprinting
consider only printable characters
-M, --month-sort
compare (unknown) < `JAN' < ... < `DEC'
-n, --numeric-sort
compare according to string numerical value
-r, --reverse
reverse the result of comparisons
Other options:
-c, --check
check whether input is sorted; do not sort
-k, --key=POS1[,POS2]
start a key at POS1, end it at POS 2 (origin 1)
-m, --merge
merge already sorted files; do not sort
-o, --output=FILE
write result to FILE instead of standard output
-s, --stable
stabilize sort by disabling last-resort comparison
-S, --buffer-size=SIZE
use SIZE for main memory buffer
-t, --field-separator=SEP use SEP instead of non- to whitespace transition
-T, --temporary-directory=DIR
use DIR for temporaries, not $TMPDIR or /tmp multiple options specify multiple directories
-u, --unique
with -c: check for strict ordering
otherwise: output only the first of an equal run
-z, --zero-terminated
end lines with 0 byte, not newline
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
POS is F[.C][OPTS], where F is the field number and C the character position in the field. OPTS is one or more single-letter ordering
options, which override global ordering options for that key. If no key is given, use the entire line as the key.
SIZE may be followed by the following multiplicative suffixes: % 1% of memory, b 1, K 1024 (default), and so on for M, G, T, P, E, Z, Y.
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
*** WARNING *** The locale specified by the environment affects sort order. Set LC_ALL=C to get the traditional sort order that uses
native byte values.
AUTHOR
Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for sort is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and sort programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
info sort
should give you access to the complete manual.
sort (coreutils) 4.5.3 October 2002 SORT(1)