Help to sort out... Possible use of sort command

Shell Programming and Scripting
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I have an input like

4.3.6.66
4.3.6.67
4.3.6.70
4.3.6.25
4.3.6.15
4.3.6.54
4.3.6.44
4.3.6.34
4.3.6.24
4.3.6.14
4.3.6.53
4.3.6.43
4.3.6.49
4.3.6.33
4.3.6.52
4.3.6.19
4.3.6.58
4.3.6.42
4.3.6.48
4.3.6.32
4.3.6.38
4.3.6.22
4.3.6.12
4.3.6.51
4.3.6.18
4.3.6.47
4.3.6.31
4.3.6.37
4.3.6.21
4.3.6.27
4.3.6.50
4.3.6.17
4.3.6.46
4.3.6.30
4.3.6.36
4.3.6.20
4.3.6.26
4.3.6.65
4.3.6.16
4.3.6.45
4.3.6.35
4.3.6.82
4.3.6.88
4.3.6.87
4.3.6.86
4.3.6.84
4.3.6.83
4.3.6.89
4.3.6.91
4.3.6.92
4.3.6.93
4.3.6.94
4.3.6.96
4.3.6.100
4.3.6.99
4.3.6.102
4.3.6.103

someone please help me in sorting the above I/P. I used sort -n, but it doesn't work properly.

Please also explain how the command or option works there.

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sed 's/\./ /g' input.txt | sort -n -k 4 | sed 's/ /./g'
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sort -t'.' -nk4 infile

--ahamed

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Thanks Ahamed. It helped... :slight_smile:

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GNU sort has -V option for sorting versions.

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sort -nt. -k1.1 -k2.2 -k3.3 -k4.4 infile