shell scripting

carthyc · 07-15-2005, 01:51 AM

Hai,

can u help me in sorting a file.

let a file has 5 fields, i have to sort it with respect to the 2nd field. can u tell me the command for this.

thanks in advance.....

sorvad · 07-15-2005, 02:24 AM

This is the simple way of doing it:
If each field is a single word seperated by white space then then use
sort -k2 <file>
If you have spaces within the fields you need to change the field seperator and use the -t option to indicate what it is.

carthyc · 07-15-2005, 02:27 AM

thanks, I also found it thru man page