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Sort usage [Was: Hi]


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Sort usage [Was: Hi]
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:27:07 -0700
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Choose a more descriptive subject line - my spam-eater nearly skipped over
your message.

According to V.Nadeem Ahmad on 1/30/2007 10:54 PM:
> Hi,
> I would like to kow how can i sort a colomn in a file without changing
> other
> colomn. when I sort i dont want to move my other colomns.

'sort -k2,2' will sort over just the contents of the second column, with
ties broken by the overall line.  'info sort' will give you a better idea
of all the flags that make sort so powerful.

If, on the other hand, you want to extract a column, sort just that, then
reinsert it back into the same location, you should look into cut and
join, alongside sort.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
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