Hi,

I am trying to sort a text file that has three columns on all the columns (first and two columns in ascending order and the third column with numbers in descensing order - smallest number first)

For example, the input file:

one a 12
two a -15
two a -8
three b 5
four b 2
four c -3
four c -8


should be outputted as:

four b 2
four c -8
four c -3
one a 12
three b 5
two a -15
two a -8

I tried to search online but I couldnt get this to work. This is the last thing I tried:
sort -k1,1 -k2,2 -nrk3, 3 in.txt > out.txt

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.

Hi,

Try this: Hope this helps.

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That worked perfectly!!
Thank you!