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where do get the info which one I use??

yes..I have seen it ..but the problem still remains,


nils$ sort -t\; -k2,2g sort.txt
XX10914755;0.0879836449881873e-10;1;33854866;CSMD2;T;C;I_2321282;POEA;8;43212072;43212115...

No there is no error .. I copied also yours ..i do not know whats wrong .. is there any other function, which I can use for sorting ..I am so confused know ;(

sorry I edit the text ..i think the reason is that i some columns are numbers and in others there are strings:

nils$ sort -t\; -k2,2g test.txt
...

right sorry ..many thanks for your help

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Sorry for asking again: But I tried it on my data and it does...

ok thanks .. when I want another column, e.g. only 3 the -k,3,3g

Thanks ..it works

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the numbers stands for the columns right? 2g = second column wtih exp. notation

Hi,
I just want to sort my file with exponential notation. For example:


1;2;4;s
1;5e-01;4;s
1;1;4;s

I used sort -gk2, but it does not sort in the correct way. What's wrong?