Since many versions of awk do not include a sorting function and you seem to want sorted output (although it isn't clear if you want unique sorted output or just need sort to get unique output), you might try a simpler pipeline:
If the cut in this pipeline is just getting rid of .log at the end of your filenames, the sort -u can be removed from the pipeline and you'll still get the same results.
Note that the above pipeline uses a comma as the separator between filenames instead of the <tab> used as the default by paste. If you want the delimiter to be <comma><space> sometimes and just <comma> sometimes (as in your latest ";i'expected output to print[/i]"), you'll need to find another way to do that. (The paste utility only uses single characters as field delimiters, and you'll need to very clearly define the conditions under which each of the various delimiters you want to use are supposed to be chosen as the delimiter between output filenames!)
Hi,
I need to extract information from a 4 GB file based on the following conditions:
1) Check for the presence of a set of account numbers
Each account number is present along with other information within
a PAGESTART and PAGEEND.
The file looks like this:
PAGESTART
ACCOUNT NO 123... (6 Replies)
I wanna grep for a pattern logs 1 2 & 3 within a folder containing 100 logs
grep "test" /folder/log1 /folder/log2 /folder/log3
The above command will work fine
but is there any command like
grep "test" /folder/log1, log2, log3 or something similar (4 Replies)
I'm learning UNIX on my mac (BSD), using a manual. I'm trying to figure out the grep command, and am getting something wrong. I've opened one of my files in NeoOffice and am looking for a string, the phrase 'I am writing.' I've been to some sites to get the proper syntax, and from what I can see... (5 Replies)
Hello,
This is my first post so, Hello World! Anyways, I'm learning how to use unix and its quickly become apparent that a strong foundation in regular expressions will make things easier. I'm not sure if my syntax is messing things up or my logic is messing things up.
ps -e | grep... (4 Replies)
Hello,
I'm working on learning regular expressions and what I can do with them. I'm using unix to and its programs to experiment and learn what my limitations are with them.
I'm working on duplicating the regular expression:
^(.*)(\r?\n\1)+$
This is supposed to delete duplicate lines... (2 Replies)
Hello,
I'm working on unix with grep (GNU grep) 2.5.1. I'm going through some of the newer regex syntax using Regular Expression Reference - Advanced Syntax a guide.
ls -aLl /bin | grep "\(x\)"
Which works, just highlights 'x' where ever, when ever.
I'm trying to to get (?:) to work but... (4 Replies)
Alrighty, I'm trying to get a perl script going to search through a bunch of files for me and compile it to a single location. I am currently having troubles on just getting the grep to work.
Here is what I currently have:
#!/usr/bin/perl
open (LOG, "errors.txt") or die
("Unable to open... (2 Replies)
Hi Folks,
I am trying to dig through about 100 directories that have 1 or 2 .jpg images stored in each. I want to copy the .jpg to another file in the root directory. Really my ultimate goal is not to have to dig down into each directory to copy the images individually. I thought I could use a... (2 Replies)
My current code is:
user@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ grep -e "\(packaged by\)\|\(employee\)\|\(file name\)\|\(Total Data (MB) Read\)\|\(Begin Time\)" log.txt
packaged by = Ron Mexico
employee = Michael Vick
file name = Mike_Vick_2011.bat
Total Data (MB) Read: 11.82
Begin Time: 6/13/2011... (8 Replies)
I have a question to this command
find . -type f -name ".*txt" -exec grep "text" {}\.
The find command will locate a file name with the extension of txt once per round and find the word "text" in the content of the file or the find command will locate all the file names with the extension of... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: TestKing
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
sort
SORT(1) General Commands Manual SORT(1)NAME
sort - sort a file of ASCII lines
SYNOPSIS
sort [-bcdfimnru] [-tc] [-o name] [+pos1] [-pos2] file ...
OPTIONS -b Skip leading blanks when making comparisons
-c Check to see if a file is sorted
-d Dictionary order: ignore punctuation
-f Fold upper case onto lower case
-i Ignore nonASCII characters
-m Merge presorted files
-n Numeric sort order
-o Next argument is output file
-r Reverse the sort order
-t Following character is field separator
-u Unique mode (delete duplicate lines)
EXAMPLES
sort -nr file # Sort keys numerically, reversed
sort +2 -4 file # Sort using fields 2 and 3 as key
sort +2 -t: -o out # Field separator is :
sort +.3 -.6 # Characters 3 through 5 form the key
DESCRIPTION
Sort sorts one or more files. If no files are specified, stdin is sorted. Output is written on standard output, unless -o is specified.
The options +pos1 -pos2 use only fields pos1 up to but not including pos2 as the sort key, where a field is a string of characters delim-
ited by spaces and tabs, unless a different field delimiter is specified with -t. Both pos1 and pos2 have the form m.n where m tells the
number of fields and n tells the number of characters. Either m or n may be omitted.
SEE ALSO comm(1), grep(1), uniq(1).
SORT(1)