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sorting s file

how would i sort a file on the third column based on numerical value instead of the ASCII order?
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Old 04-04-2009
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Originally Posted by trob
how would i sort a file on the third column based on numerical value instead of the ASCII order?
Try this :

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sort -n -k3,3  filename

 
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