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Old 05-16-2010
How to Sort Floating Numbers Using the Sort Command?

Hi to all.

I'm trying to sort this with the Unix command sort.
Code:
user1:12345678:3.5:2.5:8:1:2:3
user2:12345679:4.5:3.5:8:1:3:2
user3:12345687:5.5:2.5:6:1:3:2
user4:12345670:5.5:2.5:5:3:2:1
user5:12345671:2.5:5.5:7:2:3:1

I need to get this:

Code:
user3:12345687:5.5:2.5:6:1:3:2
user4:12345670:5.5:2.5:5:3:2:1
user2:12345679:4.5:3.5:8:1:3:2
user1:12345678:3.5:2.5:8:1:2:3
user5:12345671:2.5:5.5:7:2:3:1

I want to sort it at first by the third row, at second by the fourth row and at least by the fifth row (using ":" as separator). To do it I'm trying to use this (but it doesn't works):

Code:
cat file_contains_example | sort -nr -t":" -k3 -k4 -k5

What can't I do to solve this problem? (I prefer to use sort)

Thank's for read.

Last edited by radoulov; 05-16-2010 at 10:27 AM.. Reason: Added code tags.
# 2  
Old 05-16-2010
-k 3 means that field is from 3th to the end of line. 3,3 means only field 3.
Code:
cat file | sort  -t :  -k 3,3nr -k 4,4nr -k 5,5nr

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Old 05-16-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by kshji
-k 3 means that field is from 3th to the end of line. 3,3 means only field 3.
Code:
cat file | sort  -t :  -k 3,3nr -k 4,4nr -k 5,5nr

Hi kshji and thanks for asking so fast.

Sorry but I tried your code and don't sort the floating numbers.

Any other suggestions?

Last edited by daniel.gbaena; 05-16-2010 at 08:01 AM..
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Old 05-16-2010
Works fine for me.
How does it sort in your case ?

Quote:
Originally Posted by daniel.gbaena
...
I need to get this:

user3:12345687:5.5:2.5:6:1:3:2
user4:12345670:5.5:2.5:5:3:2:1
user2:12345679:4.5:3.5:8:1:3:2
user1:12345678:3.5:2.5:8:1:2:3
user5:12345671:2.5:5.5:7:2:3:1


I want to sort it at first by the third row, at second by the fourth row and at least by the fifth row (using ":" as separator)....
Here's the test -

Code:
$ 
$ 
$ cat -n f9
     1    user1:12345678:3.5:2.5:8:1:2:3
     2    user2:12345679:4.5:3.5:8:1:3:2
     3    user3:12345687:5.5:2.5:6:1:3:2
     4    user4:12345670:5.5:2.5:5:3:2:1
     5    user5:12345671:2.5:5.5:7:2:3:1
$ 
$ sort  -t : -k 3,3nr -k 4,4nr -k 5,5nr f9
user3:12345687:5.5:2.5:6:1:3:2
user4:12345670:5.5:2.5:5:3:2:1
user2:12345679:4.5:3.5:8:1:3:2
user1:12345678:3.5:2.5:8:1:2:3
user5:12345671:2.5:5.5:7:2:3:1
$ 
$ 

What's your OS and sort version ? Do you have GNU sort ?

tyler_durden
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Old 05-16-2010
Quote:
user1:12345678:3.5:2.5:8:1:2:3
user2:12345679:4.5:3.5:8:1:3:2
user3:12345687:5.5:2.5:6:1:3:2
user4:12345670:5.5:2.5:5:3:2:1
user5:12345671:2.5:5.5:7:2:3:1
Hi durden_tyler.

The example that I left don't show the error. If you test with this other example.
Code:
user1:12345678:3.5:2.5:8:1:2:3
user2:12345679:4.5:3.5:8:1:3:2
user3:12345687:5.5:2.6:5.1:1:3:2
user4:12345670:5.5:2.5:5.2:3:2:1
user5:12345671:2.5:5.5:7:2:3:1

You can test that the code doesn't work with the decimals.

Quote:
What's your OS and sort version ? Do you have GNU sort ?
About the other questions, I'm using GNU sort and my kernel version is 2.6.12-9-386.

Last edited by radoulov; 05-16-2010 at 10:33 AM.. Reason: Added code tags.
# 6  
Old 05-16-2010
Please post the output you get, given the above input data.

Last edited by radoulov; 05-16-2010 at 11:30 AM..
# 7  
Old 05-16-2010
Example
Code:
user1:12345678:3.5:2.5:8:1:2:3
user2:12345679:4.5:3.5:8:1:3:2
user3:12345687:5.5:2.5:6:1:3:2
user4:12345670:5.5:2.5:5:3:2:1
user4:12345670:15.5:2.5:5:3:2:1
user4:12345670:15.4:2.5:5:3:2:1
user4:12345670:15.32:2.5:5:3:2:1
user4:12345670:15.62:2.5:5:3:2:1
user5:12345671:2.5:5.5:7:2:3:1

I got ok result.
In some environment decimal delimiter is , or something else
=> change LANG=C before sort, = delimiter is .
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