GNU bug report logs - #6395
How sort based on a list of fields?

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Peng Yu <pengyu.ut <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:28:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

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From: Peng Yu <pengyu.ut <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: How sort based on a list of fields?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:12:07 -0500

Hi,

-k option of sort only allow a range of files. But I would like a list
of fields. For example, field 7, field 3 then field 8. Would you
please let me know how to do it?

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Regards,
Peng
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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Peng Yu <pengyu.ut <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 6395 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6395: How sort based on a list of fields?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:45:16 -0600

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On 06/10/2010 11:12 AM, Peng Yu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> -k option of sort only allow a range of files. But I would like a list
> of fields. For example, field 7, field 3 then field 8. Would you
> please let me know how to do it?

sort -k7,7 -k3,3 -k8,8

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Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org


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bug closed, send any further explanations to Peng Yu <pengyu.ut <at> gmail.com> Request was from Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:05:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Added tag(s) notabug. Request was from Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:05:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:24:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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