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M 47 HIS:LOT 32 DUTY 2 MIKE, FINISHED
MIKE ACTIVE STATUS
23TASK YES GOOD
100TASK NO GOOD

========================================
M 47 HIS:LOT 1 DUTY 1 MIKE, FINISHED
MIKE ACTIVE STATUS
23TASK YES GOOD
100TASK NO GOOD

========================================
M 47 HIS:LOT 59 DUTY 2 MIKE, FINISHED
MIKE ACTIVE STATUS
23TASK YES GOOD
100TASK NO GOOD


I can not think of a way to sort this data by the number after LOT. Can someone help? I am looking to have the data output below:

From LOT 32,1,59 to 1,32,59


========================================
M 47 HIS:LOT 1 DUTY 1 MIKE, FINISHED
MIKE ACTIVE STATUS
23TASK YES GOOD
100TASK NO GOOD

========================================
M 47 HIS:LOT 32 DUTY 2 MIKE, FINISHED
MIKE ACTIVE STATUS
23TASK YES GOOD
100TASK NO GOOD

========================================
M 47 HIS:LOT 59 DUTY 2 MIKE, FINISHED
MIKE ACTIVE STATUS
23TASK YES GOOD
100TASK NO GOOD


Thanks!

here it is,

and for sure it is a round-about way

Code:

# !/usr/bin/ksh

ct=1
while read line
do
if [ `echo $line | wc -c` -gt `echo $line | sed 's/LOT//' | wc -c` ]
then
  val=`echo $line | sed 's/^.*LOT //;s/[^0-9].*//'`
  echo "$val|$ct"
fi
ct=$(($ct + 1))
done < filename | sort | cut -f2 -d"|" | while read subline
do
  ct=$(($subline + 3))
  sed -n "$subline,$ct p" filename
  echo ""
done

exit 0

Dear matrixmadhan

Thanks! for the reply! I will try the codes!

syntax error at line 11: `ct=$' unexpected

i dont find any error with the script,
could you please copy the script as such and execute,

here is the ouptut obtained with ur input

Code:

>cat filename
M 47 HIS:LOT 32 DUTY 2 MIKE, FINISHED
MIKE ACTIVE STATUS
47TASK YES GOOD
100TASK NO GOOD

M 47 HIS:LOT 1 DUTY 1 MIKE, FINISHED
MIKE ACTIVE STATUS
24TASK YES GOOD
100TASK NO GOOD

M 47 HIS:LOT 59 DUTY 2 MIKE, FINISHED
MIKE ACTIVE STATUS
123TASK YES GOOD
100TASK NO GOOD

Code:

>./bobo.ksh
M 47 HIS:LOT 1 DUTY 1 MIKE, FINISHED
MIKE ACTIVE STATUS
24TASK YES GOOD
100TASK NO GOOD

M 47 HIS:LOT 32 DUTY 2 MIKE, FINISHED
MIKE ACTIVE STATUS
47TASK YES GOOD
100TASK NO GOOD

M 47 HIS:LOT 59 DUTY 2 MIKE, FINISHED
MIKE ACTIVE STATUS
123TASK YES GOOD
100TASK NO GOOD

hope this helps

Problem:

there is a SPACE between: # and !

# !/usr/bin/ksh

yes there should be,

Code:

# !/usr/bin/ksh

and I had already included that.