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Old 10-29-2010, 04:46 PM   #1
coffee arabia
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Lightbulb sort command


Hi,

I want to sort a file contains

9 1
9 2
10 1
10 2

to the order of

10 1
9 1
10 2
9 2

That is, the 2nd column is in incremental order, but for lines with the same 2nd column number, they are sorted in a reversed order.

I tried
Sort –k2 –k1 –n –r
But got everything in reversed order

10 2
9 2
10 1
9 1

Is there any simple way that works? Right now, I have to write a script to process this.

Thanks,
 
Old 10-29-2010, 04:57 PM   #2
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Sure is

sort -k2,2n -k1,1nr
 
Old 10-29-2010, 05:01 PM   #3
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Code:
sort -k2n -k1nr file
Edit: ops... too late!
 
Old 10-29-2010, 05:10 PM   #4
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Great, thanks for both of you!!!
 
  


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