Sort file

UNIX AIX
1

as friends can only Sort this file with awk from low to high from position 3 to 9 bone this:
0003344

A70003344prueba1
A70003347prueba1
A70003345prueba1
A70003349prueba1
A70003343prueba1
A70003342prueba1
2

Doesn't AIX sort offer the -k, --key=F[.C][,F[.C]][OPTS] option?

sort -k1.3,1.9n file
A70003342prueba1
A70003343prueba1
A70003344prueba1
A70003345prueba1
A70003347prueba1
A70003349prueba1
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3

thank you...

4

In fact, with leading zeroes and fixed field length as in this example, the n option (numeric sort) is not mandatory. It's used more in cases where fields are varying length and/or space padded and values stretch over several orders of magnitude.

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5

thanks for the advice, I have the advantage that they are fixed positions