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Sorting csv with embedded commas problem
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Boyd Kelly |
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Sorting csv with embedded commas problem |
Date: |
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:52:36 +0000 |
Hello,
Not sure if I am doing this correctly, but I seem to have a problem sorting
when the first column of my data contains a uuid often with embedded
commas. Does sort deal with this properly?
My file contains this: (where the first and last fields may contain
embedded commas.
"}~,)4",nɛgɛso,yq,,vélo,,,,,0630
"wjv(,4q_S}",badenmuso,cj,,soeur,,,,,"0630, fam, gens"
ARm}q0bjb#,a be baara kɛ.,bk,,il travaille.,,,,,"0630, phrase"
The following is not correctly sorted by the second field
$ sort -t "," -k 2 test2.csv
"}~,)4",nɛgɛso,yq,,vélo,,,,,0630
"wjv(,4q_S}",badenmuso,cj,,soeur,,,,,"0630, fam, gens"
ARm}q0bjb#,a be baara kɛ.,bk,,il travaille.,,,,,"0630, phrase"
However the second column alone will sort fine:
$ sort test2.txt
a be baara kɛ
badenmuso
nɛgɛso
Thanks for any enlightenment!
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Boyd Kelly <bkelly@coastsystems.net>
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