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# 1  
Old 10-18-2010
Sort with UNIX
I want to sort unique values of column 2 that has the maximum value at column 7. this is my file and desired output


I have a file like this:


Code:
AD008 AD0081010180947 101018 0947 0950 1010180947 1010180950
AD008 AD0081010180947 101018 0947 0956 1010180947 1010180956
AD008 AD0081010180947 101018 0947 1014 1010180947 1010181014
AD008 AD0081010180947 101018 0947 0956 1010180947 1010180956
ED006 ED0061010180949 101018 0949 0956 1010180949 1010180956
ED006 ED0061010180949 101018 0949 0956 1010180949 1010180956
ED007 ED0071010180949 101018 0949 0956 1010180949 1010180956
ED011 ED0111010180949 101018 0949 0956 1010180949 1010180956
ED011 ED0111010180949 101018 0949 1201 1010180949 1010181201
ED011 ED0111010180949 101018 0949 0956 1010180949 1010180956
ED011 ED0111010180949 101018 0949 0956 1010180949 1010180956
ED011 ED0111010180949 101018 0949 0956 1010180949 1010180956
ED011 ED0111010180949 101018 0949 0956 1010180949 1010180956
KW005 KW0051010180950 101018 0950 0950 1010180950 1010180950
KW005 KW0051010180950 101018 0950 0956 1010180950 1010180956
OG010 OG0101010181002 101018 1002 0956 1010181002 1010180956
OG010 OG0101010181002 101018 1002 1123 1010181002 1010181123
OG010 OG0101010181002 101018 1002 0956 1010181002 1010180956

to give:

Code:
ED011 ED01171010180949 101018 0949 1201 1010180949 1010181201
OG010 OG01001010181002 101018 1002 1123 1010181002 1010181123
AD008 ED00801010180947 101018 0947 1014 1010180947 1010181014
ED006 ED00631010180949 101018 0949 0956 1010180949 1010180956
ED007 ED00741010180949 101018 0949 0956 1010180949 1010180956
KW005 KW00521010180950 101018 0950 0956 1010180950 1010180956

# 2  
Old 10-18-2010
Like this?
Code:
$ awk '$7>M[$1]{M[$1]=$7;A[$1]=$0}END{for(i in A)print A[i]}' infile427
KW005 KW0051010180950 101018 0950 0956 1010180950 1010180956
OG010 OG0101010181002 101018 1002 1123 1010181002 1010181123
ED011 ED0111010180949 101018 0949 1201 1010180949 1010181201
ED006 ED0061010180949 101018 0949 0956 1010180949 1010180956
AD008 AD0081010180947 101018 0947 1014 1010180947 1010181014
ED007 ED0071010180949 101018 0949 0956 1010180949 1010180956

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 10-18-2010 at 10:08 AM..
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# 3  
Old 10-18-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
Like this?
Code:
$ awk '$7>M[$1]{M[$1]=$7;A[$1]=$0}END{for(i in A)print A[i]}' infile427
KW005 KW0051010180950 101018 0950 0956 1010180950 1010180956
OG010 OG0101010181002 101018 1002 1123 1010181002 1010181123
ED011 ED0111010180949 101018 0949 1201 1010180949 1010181201
ED006 ED0061010180949 101018 0949 0956 1010180949 1010180956
AD008 AD0081010180947 101018 0947 1014 1010180947 1010181014
ED007 ED0071010180949 101018 0949 0956 1010180949 1010180956

OMG awk is darn powerful ... i really should get deeper into it

Could someone kindly comment the code pls ?
1. do awk execute M[$1]=$7 before the checking condition $7>M[$1] ?
2. for(i in A)print A[i] i doesn't need to be initialized ? it automatically scan the A array ?
3. how does it know which [$1] index value to take to scan this array ?

Thanks in advance for you lightening
Last edited by ctsgnb; 10-18-2010 at 10:52 AM..
# 4  
Old 10-18-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
Like this?
Code:
$ awk '$7>M[$1]{M[$1]=$7;A[$1]=$0}END{for(i in A)print A[i]}' infile427

should be compare on $2

Code:
awk '$7>M[$2]{M[$2]=$7;A[$2]=$0}END{for(i in A)print A[i]}' infile

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# 5  
Old 10-18-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by ctsgnb
OMG awk is darn powerful ... i really should get deeper into it

Could someone kindly comment the code pls ?
1. do awk execute M[$2]=$7 before the checking condition $7>M[$2] ?
2. for(i in A)print A[i] i doesn't need to be initialized ? it automatically scan the A array ?
3. how does it know which [$2] index value taken to scan this array ?

Thanks in advance for you lightening
I adjusted $1 to $2 in your question.
1. M[$2] does not exist when $7>M[$2] gets executed the first time. But in awk this is no problem and it evaluates to $7 being bigger.
2. yes
3. The arrays in awk are associative. The for..in construct iterates over the elements present.
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 10-18-2010 at 11:16 AM..
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# 6  
Old 10-18-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
I adjusted $1 to $2 in your question.
1. M[$2] does not exist when $7>M[$2] gets executed the first time. But in awk this is no problem and it evaluates to $7 being bigger.
2. yes
3. The arrays in awk are associative. The for..in construct iterates over the elements present.
awk Array are associative ?...

Does it mean that we don't care about the index value [$2] ?
I mean : this $2 value is in fact not the value of the index itself : it is mapped to an internal increment** of the current A[i] element ?
(**) this internal increment would be the real one over which the for construct iterates.

Is that correct or am i missing something ?
# 7  
Old 10-18-2010
Hi, no in the END section, the array element indices are equal to the $2 fields of the input records.
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