Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:10:58 +0200 From: Csaba Henk <csaba-ml@creo.hu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using -t option with unix sort ? Message-ID: <20050714221058.GD45835@beastie.creo.hu> In-Reply-To: <42D6A546.6030308@malaby.com> References: <42D5C3FF.8070004@malaby.com> <7cbadc87050714023654bd3f26@mail.gmail.com> <7cbadc8705071402394bfd087b@mail.gmail.com> <42D6A546.6030308@malaby.com>
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On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 10:47:50AM -0700, Daniel Malaby wrote:
> The sample data has 9 fields, I am trying to sort on the fifth field,
> here is what I have tried.
>
> sort -t\t +4 -5 -o test.txt sample.txt
>
> I did try removing the space and it did not work, I have also tried
> removing the -5. I think the spaces in the third field are confusing sort.
Well, if you are willing to accept a non-orthodox solution,
ruby -e 'puts $<.readlines.sort_by {|x| x.split(/\t/)[4]}' sample.txt > test.txt
will do the job.
I guess there should be a succint way of doing this with perl, too.
Csaba
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