Re: How to sort on exactly one field only

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From: Rob McMahon
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 1990 16:38

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In article <1990Oct24.161210.15831@warwick.ac.uk> I wrote:
>cudcv (5) > cat -n xx | sort -n +2 -3 +0 -1 | colrm 1 8
>...
>
>(SystemV-ers will use `cut -c8-' instead of `colrm 1 8'.)

But then of course they won't have cat -n ... so they'll have to use 

	pr -tn\ 6 | sort -n +2 -3 +0 -1 | cut -c8-

Rob
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