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Old 01-20-2009
Sort a particular column in a file
Dear All,
Good day. Here i am facing some problem like below.
file contains
12345 0001 090112
14385 0001 090112
13255 0001 090112
11345 0001 090112
....

I want to sort ascending according to the first column. What will be the shell script.
# 2  
Old 01-20-2009
Computer
Code:
cat sortfile

12345 0001 090112
14385 0001 090112
13255 0001 090112
11345 0001 090112

sort sortfile

11345 0001 090112
12345 0001 090112
13255 0001 090112
14385 0001 090112

Is that what you look for ?

hth
# 3  
Old 01-20-2009
yes, but the thing is if the third column needs sorting. then ..
# 4  
Old 01-20-2009
Dear Boss,
Actually I got the solution
sort +1 -1 filename.txt
# 5  
Old 01-20-2009
great ,

I knew it should be easy. Smilie
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