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Old 05-10-2004
Sort by Columns
Hello, I am new in UNIX

I am looking for a instrction to sort a file by columns 6,25 and 41

this is what I tried but not getting the correct result:

sort -t= -k1.6,1.25,1.41 to_sort.txt > sorted.txt
I used -t= just to get the whole line as one field.

INVS80993596SUM994338602XX 000000060 EA FP
INVS80993596SUM994338603CC 000000060 EA FP
INVS80993596SUM994338605AA 000000060 EA FP
INVS80993596SUM994338606BB 000000060 EA FP

This is the desired result:

INVS80993596SUM994338605AA 000000060 EA FP
INVS80993596SUM994338606BB 000000060 EA FP
INVS80993596SUM994338603CC 000000060 EA FP
INVS80993596SUM994338602XX 000000060 EA FP

But since 994338602 is small I get this which is wrong:

INVS80993596SUM994338602XX 000000060 EA FP
INVS80993596SUM994338603CC 000000060 EA FP
INVS80993596SUM994338605AA 000000060 EA FP
INVS80993596SUM994338606BB 000000060 EA FP


Do you know what should I put in my sort command?
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Old 05-10-2004
Seems like you want it reversed from what you are showing - add the -r option and see if that gives you what you are looking for.
 
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