Re: [Nolug] sort

thank you so much that helps

On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Jimmy Hess <mysidia@gmail.com> wrote:

> Let's break it down:
>
> -t : means use : as the field delimeter instead of a "blank" or
> space as the field separator
>
> +1 means sort on the second field.
>
> $fname is the filename of course
>
> For example
>
> INPUT: create file example.txt
> k:z
> i:e
> h:c
> b:d
> a:f
> a:a
>
> OUTPUT:
> :~# sort -t : +1 example.txt
> a:a
> h:c
> b:d
> i:e
> a:f
> k:z
> :~#
>
> OUTPUT:
> :~# sort -t : +0 example.txt
> a:a
> a:f
> b:d
> h:c
> i:e
> k:z
> :~#
>
>
>
> --
> -J
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Diann Smith <diann170@gmail.com> 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.
>>
>> thanks
>> Barbara
>>
>
>
>
> --
> -Mysid
>

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