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# 1  
Old 04-04-2012
cut command not found
I am trying to sort the contents of "list.txt" based on the order matching keywords appear in "keywords.txt". I am getting this error:

root@ubuntu:~/Desktop/sort# bash script.bsh
cut: script.bsh: line 1: $: command not found
invalid byte or field list
Try `cut --help' for more information.

bash code:

Code:
$ join -1 2 -2 1 <(cat -n keywords.txt | sort -k2) <(sort list.txt) | sort -k2,2n | cut -d ' ' -f 1,3-

I even tried this:

Code:
$ join -1 2 -2 1 <(cat -n keywords.txt | sort -k2) <(sort list.txt) | sort -k2,2n | /usr/bin/cut -d ' ' -f 1,3-

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Last edited by Corona688; 04-04-2012 at 03:06 PM..
# 2  
Old 04-04-2012
Is that $ in your script, or just a command prompt? If it is in the script, remove it.
# 3  
Old 04-04-2012
I removed it.

script:

Code:
join -1 2 -2 1 <(cat -n keywords.txt | sort -k2) <(sort list.txt) | sort -k2,2n | cut -d ' ' -f 1,3-

error:

Code:
root@ubuntu:~/Desktop/sort# bash script.bsh
cut: invalid byte or field list
Try `cut --help' for more information.

Last edited by DukeNuke2; 04-04-2012 at 04:23 PM..
# 4  
Old 04-04-2012
Did you edit this script in notepad? That will have filled it with garbage carriage returns that will mung up the operations of many commands.

Code:
tr -d '\r' < wingarbage > fixed

# 5  
Old 04-04-2012
I made it in notepad++ and I also ran that code on it...same error.
Last edited by DukeNuke2; 04-04-2012 at 04:48 PM..
# 6  
Old 04-04-2012
That command generates a new file. You have to run the new file.

Or better yet, just generate the script in UNIX in the first place. It has plenty of its own text editors. Install nano if you want something friendly to those new to it, or vi if you want to learn the de-facto standard.
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# 7  
Old 04-04-2012
this worked. thank you!
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