seevee
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Posted: Jan. 27 2009,21:29 |
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If I enter the following code to sort a file with columns separated by colons,
| Code Sample | | sort -t: -k 4 file.file |
the result is that the file is sorted by the third field. In fact, it does not seem to matter which field I identify after the -k option. It sorts every time by the third field.
In another file with fixed length columns, I tried the code
| Code Sample | | sort -k 4 file.file |
and the result was the same regardless of which column I sorted by.
What am I doing wrong? What other information can I provide to help identify the problem?
Thank you in advance.
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