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Old 05-05-2014
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I need to sort a file based on the position , can anyone help me

Sort condition should include position 4-13

Input
Code:
XYZ25494331603V ABaker Haley 
XYZ25494331600V ABaker Johnie 
XYZ25494331601V ABaker Susan 
XYZ25494331601D ABaker Susan 
XYZ25494331600D ABaker Johnie 
XYZ25494331603D ABaker Haley 
XYZ25494331601M ABaker Susan 
XYZ25494331603M ABaker Haley 
XYZ25494331600M ABaker Johnie

Output
Code:
XYZ25494331600D ABaker Johnie 
XYZ25494331601D ABaker Susan 
XYZ25494331603D ABaker Haley 
XYZ25494331600M ABaker Johnie 
XYZ25494331601M ABaker Susan 
XYZ25494331603M ABaker Haley 
XYZ25494331600V ABaker Johnie 
XYZ25494331601V ABaker Susan 
XYZ25494331603V ABaker Haley

Thanks
Last edited by vbe; 05-05-2014 at 12:44 PM..
# 2  
Old 05-05-2014
Code:
sort -n -k4,13 file

# 3  
Old 05-05-2014
SriniShoo's approach includes position 4-13, but expected o/p you might get from this

Code:
$ sort -k1.15,1.15 file

Quote:
Originally Posted by protech
I need to sort a file based on the position , can anyone help me

Sort condition should include position 4-13

Input
Code:
XYZ25494331603V ABaker Haley 
XYZ25494331600V ABaker Johnie 
XYZ25494331601V ABaker Susan 
XYZ25494331601D ABaker Susan 
XYZ25494331600D ABaker Johnie 
XYZ25494331603D ABaker Haley 
XYZ25494331601M ABaker Susan 
XYZ25494331603M ABaker Haley 
XYZ25494331600M ABaker Johnie

Output
Code:
XYZ25494331600D ABaker Johnie 
XYZ25494331601D ABaker Susan 
XYZ25494331603D ABaker Haley 
XYZ25494331600M ABaker Johnie 
XYZ25494331601M ABaker Susan 
XYZ25494331603M ABaker Haley 
XYZ25494331600V ABaker Johnie 
XYZ25494331601V ABaker Susan 
XYZ25494331603V ABaker Haley

Thanks
# 4  
Old 05-05-2014
A slight change to the input file

Input

Code:
XYZ25494331600V ABaker              Johnie    
XYZ25494331601V ABaker              Susan     
XYZ25494331601D ABaker              Susan     
XYZ25494331600D ABaker              Johnie    
XYZ25494331603D ABaker              Haley     
XYZ25494331601M ABaker              Susan     
XYZ25494331603M ABaker              Haley     
XYZ25494331600M ABaker              Johnie    
XYZ47762991101M AMooney             Janet     
XYZ47762991100M AMooney             Mark      
XYZ47762991101V AMooney             Janet     
XYZ47762991100V AMooney             Mark      
XYZ47762991100D AMooney             Mark      
XYZ47762991101D AMooney             Janet

Output

Code:
XYZ25494331600D ABaker              Johnie    
XYZ25494331601D ABaker              Susan     
XYZ25494331603D ABaker              Haley     
XYZ25494331600M ABaker              Johnie    
XYZ25494331601M ABaker              Susan     
XYZ25494331603M ABaker              Haley     
XYZ25494331600V ABaker              Johnie    
XYZ25494331601V ABaker              Susan     
XYZ25494331603V ABaker              Haley     
XYZ47762991100D AMooney             Mark      
XYZ47762991101D AMooney             Janet     
XYZ47762991100M AMooney             Mark      
XYZ47762991101M AMooney             Janet     
XYZ47762991100V AMooney             Mark      
XYZ47762991101V AMooney             Janet

Please include position 4-13, 13-14 (00,01..) in the sort condition

Thanks
Last edited by Don Cragun; 05-05-2014 at 04:13 PM.. Reason: Add CODE tags; remove unneeded B tags.
# 5  
Old 05-05-2014
Not a promising beginning. Your problem statements are utterly devoid of explanatory effort. Worse, none of the output samples you provide can be achieved solely by keying on the character positions specified.

In your most recent post, the input and output samples don't even have the same number of lines.

Regards,
Alister
Last edited by alister; 05-05-2014 at 05:03 PM.. Reason: Removed hint which might be redundant or inaccurate. Insufficient information to make determination.
# 6  
Old 05-05-2014
Please use code tags as requiered by forum rules!

I don't understand the sorting rules by which 14 lines of input result in 15 lines of output. Ignoring the line
Code:
XYZ25494331603V ABaker Haley

, try
Code:
sort -k1.4,1.13 -k1.15,1.15 -k1.14,1.14 file

# 7  
Old 05-05-2014
Extremely sorry for the confusion !

Here is my input file and the expected output after sorting

Conditions for sorting:

1. The records should be sorted by (Position 4-13 )
2. The sorted recordS for unique (Position 4-13 ) should always begin with 00 at position (13-14) , the other records should follow the sequence 01,02,03 etc
3. Position 15 (D,M,V)

Input

Code:
XYZ25494331603V ABaker Haley 
XYZ25494331600V ABaker Johnie 
XYZ25494331601V ABaker Susan 
XYZ25494331601D ABaker Susan 
XYZ25494331600D ABaker Johnie 
XYZ25494331603D ABaker Haley 
XYZ25494331601M ABaker Susan 
XYZ25494331603M ABaker Haley 
XYZ25494331600M ABaker Johnie 
XYZ47762991101M AMooney Janet 
XYZ47762991100M AMooney Mark 
XYZ47762991101V AMooney Janet 
XYZ47762991100V AMooney Mark 
XYZ47762991100D AMooney Mark 
XYZ47762991101D AMooney Janet

Desired Output ( After sorting)


Code:
XYZ25494331600D ABaker Johnie 
XYZ25494331601D ABaker Susan 
XYZ25494331603D ABaker Haley 
XYZ25494331600M ABaker Johnie 
XYZ25494331601M ABaker Susan 
XYZ25494331603M ABaker Haley 
XYZ25494331600V ABaker Johnie 
XYZ25494331601V ABaker Susan 
XYZ25494331603V ABaker Haley 
XYZ47762991100D AMooney Mark 
XYZ47762991101D AMooney Janet 
XYZ47762991100M AMooney Mark 
XYZ47762991101M AMooney Janet 
XYZ47762991100V AMooney Mark 
XYZ47762991101V AMooney Janet

Thanks
Last edited by vgersh99; 05-05-2014 at 05:52 PM.. Reason: once AGAIN - PLEASE use code tags to quote code and data samples.
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