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Now I want to do something similar but have been unable to modify it to do the job. I have a file with one character string per line. The characters in this example file are numerics but the question applies to alphanumerics.
I want to sort this file by using two parts of each record, for example: positions 3 to 4 like one field ascending and
positions 16 to 19 like other field descending.
The result:
022656AB2543999210409
023456AB2543999210709
024556AB2543999200909
024556AB2543999200709
I want to sort this file by using two parts of each record, for example: positions 3 to 4 like one field ascending and
positions 16 to 19 like other field descending.
The result:
022656AB2543999210409
023456AB2543999210709
024556AB2543999200909
024556AB2543999200709
It is posible?
Thanks.
Try this ...
Code:
echo "Sort on columns 3-4 (ascending) and columns 16-19 (descending)."
sort -k1.3,1.4 -k1.16,1.19r $InFile > $OutFile
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