On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, tom minchin wrote:
> It probably thinks you are trying to pipe the output of sort into datafile.
>
> Try sort +4rn -5 -t\| datafile.dat -o datafile.dat.sorted
>
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i'm curious why no one is suggesting the alternative form
of sort:
sort -k5rn,5 -t\| ...
On Sat, Nov 13, 1999 at 10:14:56AM -0500, gnielson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an ascii data file, using | as the field separator, and I want to
> be able to sort that file's 5th field, the price field, in descending
> order from highest to lowest price.
>
> I can not seem to get the sort command t
On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, gnielson wrote:
> My command line is sort +4rn -5 -t| datafile.dat -o datafile.dat.sorted
Put the pipe in single quotes.
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On Sat, Nov 13, 1999 at 10:14:56AM -0500, gnielson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an ascii data file, using | as the field separator, and I want to
> be able to sort that file's 5th field, the price field, in descending
> order from highest to lowest price.
>
> I can not seem to get the sort command t
Hi,
I have an ascii data file, using | as the field separator, and I want to
be able to sort that file's 5th field, the price field, in descending
order from highest to lowest price.
I can not seem to get the sort command to accept the | field separator.
I get the error: option '-t' requires an
