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Forum: UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers 03-24-2011

Trying to sort words and numbers associated with them.

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-k1,1 tells sort that: first sort the file...

-k1,1 tells sort that: first sort the file alphabetically using column 1 as the key. (1,1) means only use the first column.
The option just "-k1" would mean use the whole line as key starting with...

Forum: UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers 03-22-2011

Trying to sort words and numbers associated with them.

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Unix/Linux sort can handle fields. Older use...

Unix/Linux sort can handle fields. Older use +FIELD<type> -FIELD... so
sort +0 -1 +1n -2

newer sort support the -k option and field positions start at 1 instead of 0.
sort -k1,1 -k2,2n

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