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# 1  
Old 08-03-2009
sort text file
HI all

i have a text file file1 like this

004002004545454000001
041002004545222000002
006003008751525000003
007003008751352000004
006003008751142000005
004001005745745000006

i want to sort the file according to position 1-5 and secondary sort by
the last position of file 16-21
the result should be like this (file2) :
004002004545454000001
004001005745745000006
006003008751525000003
006003008751142000005
007003008751352000004
041002004545222000002

until today i needed to sort according to the 1-5 position .
my command is in a script and it looks like this :
sort /usr/tmp/file1 -o /usr/tmp/file2 -k 1,5 -S 22 (thelength is 22 because the file contain /012 character)
i don't know how to do the secondary sort

please help here
best regards
# 2  
Old 08-03-2009
Code:
-k 1,5 -k 16,21

# 3  
Old 08-03-2009
hi
i try to do your suggestion
sort /usr/tmp/file1 -o /usr/tmp/file2 -k 1,5 -k 16-21 -S 22
but it did not do what i want
it still sort it just according to the 1,5 position only

can someone help ?
# 4  
Old 08-03-2009
try this
Code:
sort -k 1.1,1.5 -k 1.16,1.21

# 5  
Old 08-04-2009
Hello

works great!!
thank you very much !
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