Hello, Not sure if I am doing this correctly, but I seem to have a problem sorting when the first column of my data contains a uuid often with embedded commas. Does sort deal with this properly?
My file contains this: (where the first and last fields may contain embedded commas. "}~,)4",nɛgɛso,yq,,vélo,,,,,0630 "wjv(,4q_S}",badenmuso,cj,,soeur,,,,,"0630, fam, gens" ARm}q0bjb#,a be baara kɛ.,bk,,il travaille.,,,,,"0630, phrase" The following is not correctly sorted by the second field $ sort -t "," -k 2 test2.csv "}~,)4",nɛgɛso,yq,,vélo,,,,,0630 "wjv(,4q_S}",badenmuso,cj,,soeur,,,,,"0630, fam, gens" ARm}q0bjb#,a be baara kɛ.,bk,,il travaille.,,,,,"0630, phrase" However the second column alone will sort fine: $ sort test2.txt a be baara kɛ badenmuso nɛgɛso Thanks for any enlightenment! -- Boyd Kelly <bke...@coastsystems.net> www: http://www.coastsystems.net Tel: +1 604 837-0765
