Off topic: Sort in Unix

[C M Reinehr]

Joel,

By specifying the '-n' option to sort, you cause it to sort in numerical 
order, rather than by the local collating sequence. The '-t' option sets 
the field seperater to ';' rather than the default white space.

cmr

Joel Hammer wrote:

> This seems to work, although I am not sure why.
> 
> sort -n -t";" file
> 
> Joel
> 
> On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 04:46:35AM +0100, SaM Raj wrote:
>> Greetings,
>> 
>> The contents of file 1 is as follows
>> 
>> 2;22;22;
>> 44;33;22;
>> 3;13;33;
>> 3;3;33;
>> 22;22;22;
>> I want to sort the file in ascending order by Field 1;
>> Field 2
>> The final file should be something like this:
>> 2;22;22;
>> 3;3;33;
>> 3;13;33;
>> 22;22;22;
>> 44;33;22;
>> Pls let me know the syntax for achieving the same
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> -Jay
>> 
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