this is the full code given to me.
sort -t : +1 $fname | awk -F
'{printf("%-14.14s%-16.16s%-20.20s%.-15.15s\n", $1, $2, $3, $4)}'
Barbara
On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> Are you sure that's valid syntax?
>
> $ sort -t: +1 x.txt
> sort: cannot read: +1: No such file or directory
>
> $ sort --version
> sort (GNU coreutils) 8.20
>
>
>
> On 09/05/2013 11:09 AM, Diann Smith wrote:
>
>> could someone please tell me what sort -t : +1 $fname - what the +1
>> means. i got the -t : part , but when I google sort +1 no good answers.
>>
>>
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