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# 1  
Old 07-05-2012
sort on multiple columns
hi all,
i have a file , having few columns. i wanted to sort it based on 2nd column and then based on 1st column. But i have some problem in first column.
first column have characters and numbers, but problem is number of characters are not same in all rows. Few rows have 13 characters and then 14th,15th number , some rows have 14 characters and 15th number. and so i am getting below output which i dont want (i tried to search this type of problem on this portal, but i dint get) :-
below are 1st and 2nd column
HTML Code:
ocsrplabcpapp1 /ploam1/fs_users 
ocsrbabcpapp1 /olclocal/fs_users 
[B]ocsrplabcpapp1 /plbnsrpl01/fs_users 
ocsrbabcpapp10 /olclocal/fs_users
ocsrbabcpapp11 /olclocal/fs_users
ocsrbabcpapp2 /olclocal/fs_users [/B]
ocsrbabcpapp3 /olclocal/fs_users
ocsavmabcpapp1 /olclocal/fs_users 
ocsavmabcpapp2 /olclocal/fs_users  
ocsrplabcpapp2 /olclocal/fs_users
ocsfrabcpapp1 /plfuh01/fs_users 
ocsrplabcpapp2 /plrpb02/fs_users
output i want as below :-
HTML Code:
ocsavmabcpapp1 /olclocal/fs_users 
ocsavmabcpapp2 /olclocal/fs_users 
[B]ocsrbabcpapp1 /olclocal/fs_users 
ocsrbabcpapp2 /olclocal/fs_users 
ocsrbabcpapp3 /olclocal/fs_users 
ocsrbabcpapp10 /olclocal/fs_users
ocsrbabcpapp11 /olclocal/fs_users[/B]
ocsrplabcpapp2 /olclocal/fs_users
ocsfrabcpapp1 /plfuh01/fs_users 
ocsrplabcpapp1 /plbnsrpl01/fs_users 
ocsrplabcpapp2 /plrpb02/fs_users
# 2  
Old 07-05-2012
Try like... untested..
Code:
sort -k1,1 test.txt

# 3  
Old 07-05-2012
no , it will not work, tried already
# 4  
Old 07-05-2012
Could you be more precise wrt the type of sorting you're aiming for the first column? Do you want a simple sort like:

Code:
$ cut -d" " -f1 sort_your_example.txt | sort
ocsrplabcpapp1
ocsavmabcpapp1
ocsavmabcpapp2
ocsfrabcpapp1
ocsrbabcpapp1
ocsrbabcpapp10
ocsrbabcpapp11
ocsrbabcpapp2
ocsrbabcpapp3
ocsrplabcpapp1
ocsrplabcpapp2
ocsrplabcpapp2



Or are you aiming for that type of sort wrt the 2 columns? :
Code:
$ sort -k1 sort.txt | sort -k2
ocsrbabcpapp10 /olclocal/fs_users
ocsrbabcpapp11 /olclocal/fs_users
ocsrbabcpapp3 /olclocal/fs_users
ocsrplabcpapp2 /olclocal/fs_users
ocsavmabcpapp1 /olclocal/fs_users 
ocsrbabcpapp1 /olclocal/fs_users 
ocsavmabcpapp2 /olclocal/fs_users  
ocsrbabcpapp2 /olclocal/fs_users

Code:
[B]ocsrplabcpapp1 /plbnsrpl01/fs_users 
ocsfrabcpapp1 /plfuh01/fs_users 
ocsrplabcpapp1 /ploam1/fs_users 
ocsrplabcpapp2 /plrpb02/fs_users

IF you're aiming for a mix of both, I suggest you cut, sort and then simply join the two...
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