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anurag86
anurag86

Reputation: 1687

Linux command to sort according to second word/character

I have a linux file whose content is as below:

hey this 
is just
sample file

I want to :

1. sort the three lines according to the second word so the output should be :

sample file
is just
hey this

2. sort the three lines according to the second character of second line, so the output would be :

hey this 
sample file
is just

Is there anyway i can run a perl/unix command on command line(doesnt matter using pipes)?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5049

Answers (1)

anurag86
anurag86

Reputation: 1687

I got the answer for both the questions:

For sorting by second word: sort -k2 myfile

For sorting by second character of second word sort -k2.3 myfile

Upvotes: 5

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