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1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
From googling and reading man pages I figured out this sorts the first column by numeric values.
sort -g -k 1,1
Why does the -n option not work? The man pages were a bit confusing.
And what if I want to sort the second column numerically? I haven't been able to figure that out. The file... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: cokedude
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Input file:
ID_34 2E-69 2324
ID_1 0E0 3254
ID_1 0E0 5434
ID_5 0E0 436
ID_1 1E-14 2524
ID_1 5E-52 46437
ID_3 65E-20 45467
ID_1 0E0 6578
...
Desired output file:
ID_1 0E0 6578
ID_1 0E0 5434
ID_1 0E0 3254
ID_1 5E-52 46437
ID_1 1E-14 2524
ID_3 65E-20 45467 (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: cpp_beginner
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Input file:
100%ABC2 3.44E-12 USA
A2M%H02579 0E0 UK
100%ABC2 5.34E-8 UK
100%ABC2 3.25E-12 USA
A2M%H02579 5E-45 UK
Output file:
100%ABC2 3.44E-12 USA
100%ABC2 3.25E-12 USA
100%ABC2 5.34E-8 UK
A2M%H02579 0E0 UK
A2M%H02579 5E-45 UK
Code try:
sort -k1,1 -g -k2 -r input.txt... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: perl_beginner
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have ran into a heavy case of PEBCAK*) and could need some advice on what i do wrong:
OS is Linux (kernel 2.6.35), sort --version reports "8.5" from 2010, shell is ksh.
Originally i had a file with with the following structure:
hdisk1 yyy
hdisk2 yyy
hdisk3 yyy
hdisk4 yyy
hdisk5 yyy... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: bakunin
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I am using this
cat substitutionFeats.txt | gawk '{$0=gensub(/\t/,"blabla",1);print}' | gawk '{print length, $0}' | sort -n | sort -r
and the "sort -n" command doesn't work as expected: it leads to a wrong ordering:
64 Adjustable cuffs
64 Abrasion-
64 Abrasion pas
647 Sanitized 647... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: louisJ
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
dear all,
i have .dat files named as:
34.dat
2.dat
16.dat
107.dat
i would like to sort them by their filenames as:
2.dat
16.dat
34.dat
107.dat
i have tried numerous combinations of sort and ls command (in vain) to obtain :
107.dat
16.dat
2.dat
34.dat (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: chen.xiao.po
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am unable to sort data on the first field
$cat t
Jim,212121,Seattle
Bill,404404,Seattle
Steve,246810,Nevada
Scott,212277,LosAngeles
Jim,212121,Ohio
sort -t"," -k1,2 t
Bill,404404,Seattle
Jim,212121,Ohio
Jim,212121,Seattle
Scott,212277,LosAngeles
Steve,246810,Nevada (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: Shivdatta
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I'm a learner of PERL programming.
I've a input file with the below data:
SWAT_5, 1703, 2010-09-21
SWAT_6, 2345, 2010-09-21
SWAT_7, 1792, 2010-09-21
SWAT_8, 1662, 2010-09-21
SWAT_9, 1888, 2010-09-21
VXHARP_1, 171, 2010-09-21
I need to sort this data based on the second... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: ganapati
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
I want to sort alphabetically on the first field and sort in descending numerical order on the 2nd field. With a normal "sort -r -n" it does this:
abc ||| 5e-05 ||| bla
abc ||| 3 ||| ble
def ||| 1 ||| abc
def ||| 0.2 ||| def
As you can see it ignores the fact that 5e-05 is actually 0.00005... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: FrancoisCN
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello all
I have data like below where the column with values (PRI, SEC ) is the char field and the rest are Numeric Fields.
200707,9580,58,7,2,1,PRI,1,1,137,205594,0,5,10,-45.51,-45.51
200707,9580,58,7,2,1,SEC,1,1,137,205594,0,5,10,-45.51,45.51... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: vasuarjula
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