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Sam
Sam

Reputation: 8182

Sort using awk?

I have a file that starts with strings as follows

x1, 1, 2, ...

x2, 1, 2, ...

x10, 1, 3, ...

x22, 1, 3, ...

x14, 1, 2, ...

Is is possible to sort this file using awk, so that I get the output that is numerically sorted, e.g. lines starting with x1, followed by x2,.. and so on ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1307

Answers (1)

edmz
edmz

Reputation: 3360

If, like Dennis said, your prefix is of fixed width, try using:

sort -k 1.2 -g -t,

In my case, using the sort that came with Mac OS X, I had to use the -g switch.

Upvotes: 1

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