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Old 08-24-2009, 05:56 AM   #1
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unix sort on column

I have a file having the following lines
Code:
     7     1   10
     7     1   12
     7     1   14
     7     1   16
     7     1    2
     7     1    4
     7     1    6
     7     1    8
     7     2   10
     7     2   11
     9     2    9
     7     2   13
     7     2   15
     7     2   17
     7     2    1
     7     2    2
     7     2    3
     7     2    4
     7     2    5
     7     2    6
     7     2    7
     7     2    8
     8     2    9
I want to get it sorted by column1,column,column3
I have used
sort -nk1,3 <filename>

but i get the output as
Code:
     7     1   10
     7     1   12
     7     1   14
     7     1   16
     7     1    2
     7     1    4
     7     1    6
     7     1    8
     7     2    1
     7     2   10
     7     2   11
     7     2   13
     7     2   15
     7     2   17
     7     2    2
     7     2    3
     7     2    4
     7     2    5
     7     2    6
     7     2    7
     7     2    8
     8     2    9
     9     2    9
 
Old 08-24-2009, 06:05 AM   #2
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Well Got it working with
sort -nk1 -nk2 -nk3 <filename>
Am I doing right?
 
Old 08-24-2009, 06:36 AM   #3
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As the saying goes: "If it works, it's OK."

I missed what was wrong with your first version---Ah---it sorted alphabetically!!
 
Old 08-24-2009, 06:42 AM   #4
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Well Got it working with
sort -nk1 -nk2 -nk3 <filename>
Am I doing right?
Result is ok, but you can avoid to specify -n multiple times:
Code:
sort -n -k1 -k3 <filename>
 
  


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