sort columns in text file
need to sort the following txt file on the second column.
sort +1 -2 body.txt did not work, nor did sort -k 35,50 body.txt nor did sort -t\t +1 -2 body.txt
Oracle Programming Sunderraman in
Unix for Programmers and Users Glass in
Java Programming King out 10/12/99 Smith
C Programming King out 4/1/10 Jackson
Database Systems ElMasri out 12/5/99 Jones
Discrete Math Jackson in
Extreme Intelligence Jackson in
the first field is 35 chars, second is 15 chars.
thanks
sort +1 -2 body.txt did not work, nor did sort -k 35,50 body.txt nor did sort -t\t +1 -2 body.txt
Oracle Programming Sunderraman in
Unix for Programmers and Users Glass in
Java Programming King out 10/12/99 Smith
C Programming King out 4/1/10 Jackson
Database Systems ElMasri out 12/5/99 Jones
Discrete Math Jackson in
Extreme Intelligence Jackson in
the first field is 35 chars, second is 15 chars.
thanks
What error or output did you get?
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no error, it just would not sort on anything other than the beginning of the line.
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it would be good if while generating the this file, separate field with | rather than space. That way it would be easy to sort it.
i just changed the field separator to : which doesnt exist in the line.. so the whole line becomes the first field. Than i sorted it based on the 35character to get sort based on the field that you were interested in.
> Sort -k 35,50 body.txt
C Programming King out 4/1/10 Jackson
Database Systems ElMasri out 12/5/99 Jones
Discrete Math Jackson in
Extreme Intelligence Jackson in
Java Programming King out 10/12/99 Smith
Oracle Programming Sunderraman in
Unix for Programmers and Users Glass in