Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 23:10:10 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Shayan Pooya <shayan@liveve.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Field delimiter in sort program in freebsd Message-ID: <20140125231010.b630559b.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CABAubThPph9My=EhcxCbZVQRf%2Brya8yBmSsARxMSGLXN44aSMQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CABAubTg2RH95LypshV6ZpZP1qQW24TQZfFSSrYs5DzUoqA5tSw@mail.gmail.com> <52E3C691.8090000@bananmonarki.se> <CABAubThPph9My=EhcxCbZVQRf%2Brya8yBmSsARxMSGLXN44aSMQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 09:51:39 -0500, Shayan Pooya wrote:
> Thanks. That explains the error message. What is the correct way of doing
> it in tcsh though?
I know it's probably one of the most overcomplicated and stupid
approaches, but it seems to work:
% sort -t `awk 'BEGIN { printf("%c", 0); }'` <in-data>
Please note that I've not tested this. The null byte has a
special meaning, it's interpreted as "end of string" in C-style
strings ("null terminated strings"), so having to use it as a
field delimiter looks a bit strange.
Maybe you could use a search and replace step _prior_ to sorting
to get this resolved? Just a suggestion...
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