Using the 'strings' command and piping the result to 'sort' is producing strange results. I get block of lines that begin with asterisks, then a block that begins with some text, then more lines that begin with asterisks. The actual content is correct - lines beginning with asterisks is the actual content of the file. My question is about the resulting sort order. Within a grouping things are in order, but I don't understand why the lines beginning with an asterisk are broken into two groups, separated by a group of lines that begin with an alphabetic character.
Code:
oracle:mydb$ strings spfilemydb.ora | sort
*.audit_file_dest='/u01/app/oracle/admin/mydb/adump'
*.audit_sys_operations=TRUE
*.audit_trail='DB'
*.compatible='12.1.
*.control_files='+DEV_DATA/mydb/controlfile/control01.ctl','+DEV_DATA/mydb/controlfile/control02.ctl'#Restore Controlfile
*.db_block_size=8192
*.db_create_file_dest='+DEV_DATA'
*.db_domain=''
*.db_file_name_convert='+DATA/dwprd/datafile','+DEV_DATA/MYDB/DATAFILE','+DATA/dwprd','+DEV_DATA/mydb'
*.db_name='MYDB'#Reset to original value by RMAN
*.diagnostic_dest='/u01/app/oracle'
*.dispatchers='(PROTOCOL=TCP) (SERVICE=mydbXDB)'
mydb.__data_transfer_cache_size=0
mydb.__db_cache_size=1392508928
mydb.__java_pool_size=167772160
mydb.__large_pool_size=251658240
mydb.__oracle_base='/u01/app/oracle'#ORACLE_BASE set from environment
mydb.__pga_aggregate_target=436207616
mydb.__sga_target=2147483648
mydb.__shared_io_pool_size=0
mydb.__shared_pool_size=318767104
mydb.__streams_pool_size=0
*.event=''
*.java_pool_size=167772160
*.job_queue_
*.local_listener='(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=REGISTER)))'
*.log_archive_dest_1='location=/backup/mydb/archive'
*.open_cursors=300
*.pga_aggregate_limit=2147483648
processes=1000
*.processes=300
*.remote_login_passwordfile='EXCLUSIVE'
*.sga_max_size=2147483648
*.sga_target=2147483648
*.shared_pool_reserved_size=8388608
*.shared_pool_size=255852544
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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)