Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 13:28:41 -0400 From: Louis LeBlanc <FreeBSD@keyslapper.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a sort ? Message-ID: <20050708172841.GK40261@keyslapper.net> In-Reply-To: <42CEAF1E.5010603@malaby.com> References: <42CEAF1E.5010603@malaby.com>
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--/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 07/08/05 09:51 AM, Daniel Malaby sat at the `puter and typed: > Hi All, >=20 > I am trying to sort a tab delimited file with sort. The problem I am > having is with the -t option. I can not get it to accept a tab. >=20 > Things I have tried: >=20 > sort -t \t > sort -t '\t' > sort -t "\t" > sort -t 0x09 > sort -t '0x09' > sort -t "0x09" > sort -t ^I > sort -t '^I' > sort -t "^I" >=20 > Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Did you try sorting without the -t parameter? IIRC, it uses whitespace to delimit fields by default, which includes the tab. Unless you're trying to sort by a field other than the first, you really don't need it anyway. Then again, you could also just hit the tab key: -t ' '. HTH Lou --=20 Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t net Key fingerprint =3D C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2 Genius doesn't work on an assembly line basis. You can't simply say, "Today I will be brilliant." -- Kirk, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4731.3 --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCzrfJr4Wi/oDI2aIRAjPkAJ0fSkQbskDvdT10Mu5ofrLpQzCoAACbBb4+ tPM51bNe3KHqEjJkjBeY34U= =3glf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft--
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