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Old 03-04-2011
shell script to sort entries in a file by date and time

Hello All,

Need a shell script to sort entries in a file by date and time. Below are the entries in the file, i need to sort it first by the date and then time

Note :- Date is in MM/DD/YY format and date comes as the 6th & time comes on 7th coloumns respectively.
Code:
150 pbnawldb001-b CertNPI20 Airpark_Prod_SQL_Diff Airpark-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/28/11 20:06:26
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 03/02/11 04:10:15
6 ixtarchive-b IXT Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 03/01/11 18:32:58
150 pbnawldb001-b CertNPI20 Airpark_Prod_SQL_Diff Airpark-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/27/11 11:06:26
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 03/03/11 07:10:15

Thanks in advance

Last edited by Franklin52; 03-04-2011 at 03:05 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 2  
Old 03-04-2011
Welcome to the forum.

Will this work?

Code:
sort -k6.7,6.8 -k6.1,6.2 -k6.4,6.5 -k7.1,7.2 -k7.4,7.5 -k7.7,7.8 < file

o/p:
Code:
150 pbnawldb001-b CertNPI20 Airpark_Prod_SQL_Diff Airpark-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/27/11 11:06:26
150 pbnawldb001-b CertNPI20 Airpark_Prod_SQL_Diff Airpark-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/28/11 20:06:26
6 ixtarchive-b IXT Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 03/01/11 18:32:58
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 03/02/11 04:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 03/03/11 07:10:15

# 3  
Old 03-04-2011
Thanks for the code, its working on the file. But the another file with same format, its not working
Code:
# cat test1
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/02/11 04:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/03/11 05:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/04/11 01:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/05/11 06:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/06/11 03:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/01/11 02:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 06/02/11 04:13:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 04/02/11 04:12:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 05/02/11 04:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/02/11 04:14:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 03/02/11 04:16:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/02/11 04:11:15

Code:
# sort -k6.7,6.8 -k6.1,6.2 -k6.4,6.5 -k7.1,7.2 -k7.4,7.5 -k7.7,7.8 test1
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/01/11 02:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/02/11 04:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/02/11 04:11:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/03/11 05:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/04/11 01:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/05/11 06:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/06/11 03:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/02/11 04:14:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 03/02/11 04:16:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 04/02/11 04:12:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 05/02/11 04:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 06/02/11 04:13:15


Last edited by Franklin52; 03-04-2011 at 05:06 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 4  
Old 03-04-2011
could you please also post the require output.
# 5  
Old 03-04-2011
Code:
# cat test
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 09/30/11 11:80:82
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 05/22/11 06:22:45
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 11/32/11 33:92:99
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/11/11 04:11:22
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/01/10 02:00:10
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/02/10 04:01:11
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 07/29/11 08:44:77
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 03/12/11 05:12:33
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 04/21/11 06:20:40
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 10/31/11 11:91:95
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 08/30/11 08:66:80
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 06/28/11 07:40:65

DESIRED OUTPUT
Code:
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/01/10 02:00:10
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/02/10 04:01:11
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/11/11 04:11:22
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 03/12/11 05:12:33
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 04/21/11 06:20:40
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 05/22/11 06:22:45
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 06/28/11 07:40:65
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 07/29/11 08:44:77
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 08/30/11 08:66:80
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 09/30/11 11:80:82
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 10/31/11 11:91:95
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 11/32/11 33:92:99


Last edited by Franklin52; 03-04-2011 at 06:04 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 6  
Old 03-04-2011
Its working for me.

Code:
$ sort -k6.7,6.8 -k6.1,6.2 -k6.4,6.5 -k7.1,7.2 -k7.4,7.5 -k7.7,7.8 < f
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/01/10 02:00:10
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/02/10 04:01:11
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/11/11 04:11:22
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 03/12/11 05:12:33
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 04/21/11 06:20:40
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 05/22/11 06:22:45
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 06/28/11 07:40:65
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 07/29/11 08:44:77
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 08/30/11 08:66:80
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 09/30/11 11:80:82
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 10/31/11 11:91:95
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 11/32/11 33:92:99
$ 
$ 
$ cat f
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 09/30/11 11:80:82
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 05/22/11 06:22:45
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 11/32/11 33:92:99
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/11/11 04:11:22
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/01/10 02:00:10
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/02/10 04:01:11
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 07/29/11 08:44:77
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 03/12/11 05:12:33
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 04/21/11 06:20:40
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 10/31/11 11:91:95
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 08/30/11 08:66:80
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 06/28/11 07:40:65
$

Sorry if I am unable to find the difference.
# 7  
Old 03-04-2011
i was able to find out the code
Code:
# sort -k  6.8,6.9 -k 6.5,6.6 -k 6.1,6.2 -k 7.8,7.9 -k 7.5,7.6 -k 7.1,7.2 test1
 
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/01/10 02:00:10
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/02/10 04:01:11
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/11/11 04:11:22
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 03/12/11 05:12:33
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 04/21/11 06:20:40
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 05/22/11 06:22:45
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 06/28/11 07:40:65
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 07/29/11 08:44:77
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 08/30/11 08:66:80
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 09/30/11 11:80:82
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 10/31/11 11:91:95
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 11/32/11 33:92:99

But the same is not working on another file with same format, not sure what went wrong
Code:
# sort -k  6.8,6.9 -k 6.5,6.6 -k 6.1,6.2 -k 7.8,7.9 -k 7.5,7.6 -k 7.1,7.2 test2
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/02/10 36:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/01/11 02:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/02/11 04:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 05/02/11 04:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/02/11 04:11:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 04/02/11 04:12:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/02/11 04:21:21
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 06/02/11 04:12:22
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/02/11 04:32:32
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/02/11 04:22:34
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/02/11 04:31:34
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/02/11 04:33:34
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/02/11 54:33:34
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 66/02/11 04:12:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/03/11 05:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/04/11 01:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/05/11 06:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/05/11 16:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/05/11 36:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 01/06/11 03:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/02/12 36:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/02/15 36:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/02/19 36:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/02/22 36:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/02/43 36:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/02/62 36:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/12/62 36:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/22/62 36:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/62/62 36:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 02/92/62 36:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 12/92/62 36:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 22/92/62 36:10:15
6 dbclstr-b Logs Memphis_Prod_SQL_Diff Memphis-Prod-SQL-Inc-Application-Backup 33/92/62 36:10:15


Last edited by Franklin52; 03-04-2011 at 06:04 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
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