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Re: you are not going to be able to sort this by the fifth field.
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Eric Blake |
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Re: you are not going to be able to sort this by the fifth field. |
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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:26:22 -0700 |
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According to address@hidden on 3/4/2010 7:11 PM:
> Thanks. I see I neglected the -b.
> On the info page in the `--field-separator=SEPARATOR' discussion, do
> mention the effects of -b on ' foo' etc.
> PB> $ LC_CTYPE=C sort --debug -sb -k5,5 < taichung_county_atm.htm
> (Use .txt, not .htms in examples.)
> Anyway, your --debug stuff would be clearer with just pipes added
> inline:
> $ echo 'a b c'|sort --debug=show_fields
> a| b| c
> or something like that.
Except that you can specify overlapping keys. I find the idea of multiple
separate lines of underscores, one per key, much easier to follow in
understanding how each line is broken down into fields and keys, than I
would in trying to parse inline notations that change the line's contents.
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Eric Blake address@hidden +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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