Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 13:33:08 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com> To: brian@MediaCity.com (Brian Litzinger) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sorting by character position Message-ID: <199601051133.NAA00709@eac.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: <199601050708.XAA05741@MediaCity.com> from "Brian Litzinger" at Jan 4, 96 11:08:28 pm
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Brian Litzinger wrote on 4 Jan 1996:
> >
> > > All I want to do is
> > >
> > > sort -n -d -k 14,29 <unsorted >sorted
> > >
> > > where -k 14,29 is supposed to mean that sort is supposed to consider
> > > the data in columns 14 - 29 of each line as the key to sort by.
>
> I tried several test files and just couldn't quite get what I wanted
> which was:
>
> forbar flem ickto $1234588 gort sneakers flem
> ^^^^^^^^^^^
> and I'd liked to sort on the columns indicated.
Unless I've misunderstood, something like this is probably what you
want:
[unsorted file]
fifte 1111
fourt 1110
thirt 1101
twelv 1100
eleve 1011
ten 1010
nine 1001
eight 1000
seven 111
six 110
five 101
four 100
three 11
two 10
one 1
zero 0
sort -t: +0.6 -0.9 test
one 1
zero 0
three 11
two 10
five 101
four 100
seven 111
six 110
eight 1000
nine 1001
eleve 1011
ten 1010
thirt 1101
twelv 1100
fifte 1111
fourt 1110
^^^ sorted on 6..8
--
Robert Nordier
rnordier@iafrica.com
E.A.C.
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