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trihai44100 03-13-2004 11:11 AM
Alphabetical Listing of Text
 
I have a text file with the names of a bunch of people. How can I make it so that they are listed alphabetically from their last name?

For example:
George Washington
George Bush
Richard Nixon

I want that to become:
George Bush
Richard Nixon
George Washington

Mingus Rockbutt 03-13-2004 11:34 AM
providing everyone has only a first and a surname just use
Code:
sort +1 filename
, or to confuse the issue,
Code:
sort -k 2 filename'
(both sort using the second field in the text).

Mingus


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