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From: jckfield@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Kelvin Fielding)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: sort question
Message-ID: <10416@ihlpb.ATT.COM>
Date: 4 May 89 17:34:55 GMT
References: <199448@hrc.UUCP>
Organization: North American Philips Corp, Naperville, Illinois
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In article <199448@hrc.UUCP>, dan@hrc.UUCP (Dan Troxel) writes:
> How can I use the 'sort' command, to sort by two fields?
> Example:
> 
> _4 test _E                  _1 test _E
> _2 test _E    should be     _2 test _E
> _3 test _F                  _4 test _E
> _1 test _E                  _3 test _F
>  ^       ^
>  ^       ^
>   sorted
>     by
> -- 

sort +0 -0 +2 <filename>

will do the trick.

Explanation:
		sort on field 1 +0 and ending on field 1 -0 then
		sort on field 1 +2.

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