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# 1  
Old 12-08-2008
Compare date in a csv file
Hi all,

how can I compare two defferent lines in a csv file, with the date values,
and print the latest date!



example:

cat test.csv

test1;whatever;Wed Nov 26 14:17:48 CET 2008
test1;whatever;Wed Nov 26 17:14:06 CET 2008


Any suggession?
# 2  
Old 12-08-2008
not sure though. try something like this.

Code:
awk '{getline nextline; if ( nextline == $0 ) print "MATCHING" }' filename

# 3  
Old 12-08-2008
sorry, no result.

I mean, my goal is to compare the date "Wed Nov 26 17:14:06 CET 2008" and "Wed Nov 26 14:17:48 CET 2008" parts with the current date and print the latest one!
# 4  
Old 12-08-2008
something like following should work.

cat file.csv | awk -F\; '{printf "%s,",$0;system ("date +%s -d " "\""$3"\"" );}' |sort -n
# 5  
Old 12-08-2008
Thanks a lot sha7khan! Smilie
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