grep '' fileA fileB | sort -n -t: -k2 grep will prepend file name if you grep thru multiple files. If you grep for '', you'll get every line. Then sort by what follows the colon.
As an example, suppose 2 files: fileA:3 fileA fileB 14 1 13 3 12 5 11 7 10 9 8 11 6 12 4 13 2 0 $grep '' fileA fileB | sort -n -t: -k2 fileA: fileB:0 fileA:1 fileB:2 fileA:3 fileB:4 fileA:5 fileB:6 fileA:7 fileB:8 fileA:9 fileB:10 fileA:11 fileB:11 fileA:12 fileB:12 fileA:13 fileB:13 fileB:14 ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/