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# 1  
Old 11-23-2008
shell script by sed
Hey everybody

I need some help on how to order the data in file such as a file have first name last name and city and i would like to order them to in the same order by using sed

thanks alot for your time
# 2  
Old 11-24-2008
shell script by sed
why not use "sort" to sort?
# 3  
Old 11-24-2008
Post some sample input and expected output.

Also, what have you tried so far ?
# 4  
Old 11-24-2008
Hey ..
here is a sample
and i would like to sort it to order it to be
username then the,shell, after that home directory
rootbash:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/usr/local/bin/bash
rootnt:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/usr/local/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/usr/local/bin/bash
nobody:x:60001:60001:uid no body:/:/usr/local/bin/bash
noaccess:x:60002:60002:uid no access:/:/usr/local/bin/bash

thank you ...
# 5  
Old 11-24-2008
shell script by sed
I would prefer awk for this:

Code:
    awk -F ':' '{printf("%s:%s:%s\n", $1, $7, $6)}' datafile.txt

but sed could work too:

Code:
    sed 's/^\([^:]*\):[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:\([^:]*\):\([^:]*\)/\1:\3:\2/g' datafile.txt

# 6  
Old 11-24-2008
Why wouldnt you just use cut command ?????????????
# 7  
Old 11-25-2008
thank you everybody very much
for your time Smilie
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