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Re: sort and multiple -k options
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Eric Blake |
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Re: sort and multiple -k options |
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Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:41:44 -0600 |
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According to Andreas Schwab on 6/28/2009 2:28 AM:
>> i want to have the files sorted by (1) path then (2) file name then (3) cfg
>> order. so i use this:
>> sort -t% -k2 -k4 -k3
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> Your sort keys overlap.
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> -k, --key=POS1[,POS2] start a key at POS1 (origin 1), end it at POS2
> (default end of line)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
To put it more directly, you want:
sort -t% -k2,2 -k4,4 -k3,3
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