Sorting record

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi all,
Can any one help whether we can able to sort a record with delimiter

plz ?

2

Yes, please post a sample file and desired output OR take a look at man sort ("sort") manual for options.

3

Use sort -t<delim> -k<start-fld>,<end-field> file

eg:

$ cat sorttest
John,Doe,23,Montana
Jill,Doe,17,Louisiana
Bea,Frank,27,North Dakota
Rob,Frank,22,North Dakota

$ sort -t, -k2,3 sorttest
Jill,Doe,17,Louisiana
John,Doe,23,Montana
Rob,Frank,22,North Dakota
Bea,Frank,27,North Dakota

$ sort -t, -k4,4 -k1,1 sorttest
Jill,Doe,17,Louisiana
John,Doe,23,Montana
Bea,Frank,27,North Dakota
Rob,Frank,22,North Dakota
4

thanks to all