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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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I have a tab delimited file with values in three columns. Some values occur in all three columns, other values are present in only one or two columns. I would like to sort the file so that rows with no missing values come first, rows with one missing values come next, and rows with two... (9 Replies)
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello all,
I have a list of file names in a text document where each file name consists of 4 letters and 3 numbers (for example MACR119). There are 48 file names in the document (they are not in alphabetical or numerical order). I would like to reorder the list of names so that the 48th name is... (3 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I have a large list of names and would like to do a reverse sort on them i.e. the sort should be by the ending and not by the beginning of the word.
I had written in awk a small script but it does wrong things
{ for(i=length($0);i>=1;i--)
printf("%s/n",substr($0,i,1)); }
Could anyone... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: gimley
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I have space delimited file similar to the one as shown below.. I need to convert it as a pipe delimited, the values inside the pipe delimited file should be as highlighted...
AA ATIU2345098809 009697 005374
BB ATIU2345097809 005445 006518
CC ATIU9685098809 003215 003571
DD... (7 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all
I am trying to numerically reverse sort a file but I seem to be having trouble.
Example of file contents:
text1,1
text2,-1
text3,0
I can sort using sort -k 2n -t, filename without any problems.
However I want my results in descending order but using -r in my command... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: pxy2d1
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I have a comma delimited file. I want to sort the fields alphabetically and again store them in a comma delimited file.
For example, My file looks like this.
abc,aaa,xyz,xxx,def
pqr,ggg,eee,iii,qqq
zyx,lmo,pqr,abc,fff
and I want my output to look like this, all fields sorted... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: swethapatil
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I need to sort the particular column only in reverse order how i can give it..
if i give the -r option the whole file is getting sorted in reverse order.
1st 2nd col 3rd
C col 4th col 5th col
-------------------------------------------
C... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: sivakumar.rj
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
How do i sort a csv file. i should be sorting column1(varchar),column2*(varchar) in ascending and column4 in descending order(numeric datatype).
I tried few combinations of sort, but doesn't seem to be getting the right result.
sort -t "," -k 1 -k 2 -k 4nr file
any help is... (3 Replies)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Can anyone let me know on how to convert a Tab delimited file to Comma delimited file in Unix
Thanks!! (22 Replies)
Discussion started by: charan81
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
I a file with log entries... I want to sort it so that the last line in the file is first and the first line is last..
eg.
Sample file
1
h
a
f
8
6
After sort should look like
6
8
f
a
h
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Discussion started by: frustrated1
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