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Old 09-24-2013
Sorting using filename of a path
Hi all! i have a question how do you sort the filename of a path directory according to alphabetic order.

Example: sort according to highlighted text. There maybe space for filename

Code:
Path=/home/pikamon/Desktop/ABC;
Path=/home/pikamon/Desktop/ABD;
Path=/home/pikamon/Desktop/Riduan la;
Path=/home/pikamon/Desktop/SAMMY;
Path=/home/pikamon/Desktop/.Testing;
Path=/home/pikamon/Desktop/Tom;
Path=/home/pikamon/Desktop/Virus Here;
Path=/opt/pikamon/etc/apps/pikamon/local/inputs.conf~;
Path=/opt/pikamon/etc/system/local/outputs.conf;

All help would be appreciated Smilie
Last edited by Scott; 09-24-2013 at 06:19 AM.. Reason: Code tags, please...
# 2  
Old 09-24-2013
It's not the prettiest solution but it works:
Code:
awk -F/ '{a[$NF]=$0}END{for (i in a) print i,a[i]}' inputfile | sort | cut -d\; -f2

or
Code:
sed 's#.*/\(.*\)#\1 &#' inputfile | sort | cut -d\; -f2

Alternatively you can use the asort() function in awk if it's supported
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# 3  
Old 09-24-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Subbeh
It's not the prettiest solution but it works:
Code:
awk -F/ '{a[$NF]=$0}END{for (i in a) print i,a[i]}' inputfile | sort | cut -d\; -f2

or
Code:
sed 's#.*/\(.*\)#\1 &#' inputfile | sort | cut -d\; -f2

Alternatively you can use the asort() function in awk if it's supported
thanks it work but it leave a blankspace at the front of the text. But it ok
# 4  
Old 09-24-2013
EDIT:
Did not fix the space.
Here is another version that should work.
Code:
awk -F/ '{print $NF"§"$0}' file | sort | awk -F§ '{print $2}'
Path=/home/pikamon/Desktop/ABC;
Path=/home/pikamon/Desktop/ABD;
Path=/opt/pikamon/etc/apps/pikamon/local/inputs.conf~;
Path=/opt/pikamon/etc/system/local/outputs.conf;
Path=/home/pikamon/Desktop/Riduan la;
Path=/home/pikamon/Desktop/SAMMY;
Path=/home/pikamon/Desktop/.Testing;
Path=/home/pikamon/Desktop/Tom;
Path=/home/pikamon/Desktop/Virus Here;

Last edited by Jotne; 09-24-2013 at 08:28 AM..
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# 5  
Old 09-24-2013
Please be aware that - as § is a multibyte char - not all awk versions/implementations will be able to cope with it.
# 6  
Old 09-24-2013
It can be any character as long as its not in the text and a control character.
What about ¤, is it better then §
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