I am trying to sort a log file in chronological order to identify which ones did not process and still have an old (probably yesterday's) date. This is a sample of the file:
I am trying to use "-M" to sort the months in order, but a command of
doesn't appear to do anything and leaving "-M" out works except the months are in alphabetical order (Apr, Aug, Dec, etc.).
The output would be piped into a head command where the top line(s) may show a problem. What am I missing?
Hi all,
I want to sort a file based on the number in the 9th column
I've tried both of the following commands
sort -k 9,9n file_to_sort.dat
sort +8 -n file_to_sort.dat
both resulting in the same output which does sort col 9 nummerically
but it doesn't output the lines in the original... (2 Replies)
I am converting mainframes JCL to be used in shell on a one to one basis... when i use the sort command unix does ascii sort as a result which numbers are first followed by charecters in the Ascending sort ... but themainframes uses the EBCDIC as result gives the charecters followed by numbers in... (5 Replies)
I need to sort the particular column only in reverse order how i can give it..
if i give the -r option the whole file is getting sorted in reverse order.
1st 2nd col 3rd
C col 4th col 5th col
-------------------------------------------
C... (7 Replies)
Hi forum.
I'm hoping someone can help me out with this problem. I tried to search online but couldn't come up with an exact solution.
I have the following data file:
H|20-May-2011|MF_FF.dat|77164|731374590.96|1|1|731374590.96|76586|77164|578|2988|Y... (8 Replies)
Hi
I am using this
cat substitutionFeats.txt | gawk '{$0=gensub(/\t/,"blabla",1);print}' | gawk '{print length, $0}' | sort -n | sort -r
and the "sort -n" command doesn't work as expected: it leads to a wrong ordering:
64 Adjustable cuffs
64 Abrasion-
64 Abrasion pas
647 Sanitized 647... (4 Replies)
Hi friends,
I am using below script to gzip files after naming them in a particular order.
but I intend to name them in numerical order as per their timings(earlier updated fle with a smaller numeric extension than later updated),but this script is not working as planned.
please help with... (7 Replies)
Hello all
I was wondering if someone has an idea how to sort by a specific order, let's say by a specific alphabet containing only 4 letters like (d,s,a,p) instead of (a,b,c....z) ??
Cheers! (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: cabrao
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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX
sortm
sortm(1mh)sortm(1mh)Name
sortm - sort messages
Syntax
sortm [ msgs ] [ +folder ] [ options ]
Description
The command sorts all the messages in the current folder into chronological order according to the contents of the Date: fields of the mes-
sages.
By default, sorts all the messages in the current folder. You can select particular messages in the folder by giving a range of messages.
You can also sort messages in another folder by specifying the folder name.
If encounters a message without a Date: field, or if the message has a Date: field that 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 complains about a message which it cannot order, it complains about the message number prior to sorting.
Options-datefield field
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 Delivery-Date:, then the -datefield switch can be used to tell which field to examine. If you do not give this option, the
default is to use the Date: header field.
-help Prints a list of all the valid options to this command.
-verbose
-noverbose
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
Profile Components
Path: To determine your MH directory
Examples
The following example sorts all the messages in the folder
% sortm +meetings
The next example sorts messages 10-30 in the folder called
% sortm +test 10-30
Files
The user profile.
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