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Sort by contiguous digits as a single number
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A command outputs this:
file_0
file_1
file_10
file_11
file_12
file_13
file_14
file_15
file_2
file_3
file_4
file_5
file_6
file_7
file_8
file_9
How can I use awk or some other posix tool to actually sort it by the contiguous digits as a single number:
file_0
file_1
file_2
file_3
file_4
file_5
file_6
file_7
file_8
file_9
file_10
file_11
file_12
file_13
file_14
file_15
In general it should also work in case the digits is inside the file name, e.g.:
file_0.txt
file_1.txt
file_10.txt
file_11.txt
file_12.txt
file_13.txt
file_14.txt
file_15.txt
file_2.txt
file_3.txt
file_4.txt
file_5.txt
file_6.txt
file_7.txt
file_8.txt
file_9.txt
awk sed sort
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A command outputs this:
file_0
file_1
file_10
file_11
file_12
file_13
file_14
file_15
file_2
file_3
file_4
file_5
file_6
file_7
file_8
file_9
How can I use awk or some other posix tool to actually sort it by the contiguous digits as a single number:
file_0
file_1
file_2
file_3
file_4
file_5
file_6
file_7
file_8
file_9
file_10
file_11
file_12
file_13
file_14
file_15
In general it should also work in case the digits is inside the file name, e.g.:
file_0.txt
file_1.txt
file_10.txt
file_11.txt
file_12.txt
file_13.txt
file_14.txt
file_15.txt
file_2.txt
file_3.txt
file_4.txt
file_5.txt
file_6.txt
file_7.txt
file_8.txt
file_9.txt
awk sed sort
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it's not in posix sort but both GNU and FreeBSD'ssortsupport the-Vor--version-sortoption, which is a "natural sort" of numbers embedded within text.
– cas
1 hour ago
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A command outputs this:
file_0
file_1
file_10
file_11
file_12
file_13
file_14
file_15
file_2
file_3
file_4
file_5
file_6
file_7
file_8
file_9
How can I use awk or some other posix tool to actually sort it by the contiguous digits as a single number:
file_0
file_1
file_2
file_3
file_4
file_5
file_6
file_7
file_8
file_9
file_10
file_11
file_12
file_13
file_14
file_15
In general it should also work in case the digits is inside the file name, e.g.:
file_0.txt
file_1.txt
file_10.txt
file_11.txt
file_12.txt
file_13.txt
file_14.txt
file_15.txt
file_2.txt
file_3.txt
file_4.txt
file_5.txt
file_6.txt
file_7.txt
file_8.txt
file_9.txt
awk sed sort
asked 8 hours ago
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A command outputs this:
file_0
file_1
file_10
file_11
file_12
file_13
file_14
file_15
file_2
file_3
file_4
file_5
file_6
file_7
file_8
file_9
How can I use awk or some other posix tool to actually sort it by the contiguous digits as a single number:
file_0
file_1
file_2
file_3
file_4
file_5
file_6
file_7
file_8
file_9
file_10
file_11
file_12
file_13
file_14
file_15
In general it should also work in case the digits is inside the file name, e.g.:
file_0.txt
file_1.txt
file_10.txt
file_11.txt
file_12.txt
file_13.txt
file_14.txt
file_15.txt
file_2.txt
file_3.txt
file_4.txt
file_5.txt
file_6.txt
file_7.txt
file_8.txt
file_9.txt
awk sed sort
awk sed sort
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asked 8 hours ago
jsbjsb
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asked 8 hours ago
jsbjsb
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asked 8 hours ago
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it's not in posix sort but both GNU and FreeBSD'ssortsupport the-Vor--version-sortoption, which is a "natural sort" of numbers embedded within text.
– cas
1 hour ago
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it's not in posix sort but both GNU and FreeBSD'ssortsupport the-Vor--version-sortoption, which is a "natural sort" of numbers embedded within text.
– cas
1 hour ago
it's not in posix sort but both GNU and FreeBSD's
sort support the -V or --version-sort option, which is a "natural sort" of numbers embedded within text.– cas
1 hour ago
it's not in posix sort but both GNU and FreeBSD's
sort support the -V or --version-sort option, which is a "natural sort" of numbers embedded within text.– cas
1 hour ago
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|
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sort -nt '_' -k2
Output:
file_0
file_1
file_2
file_3
file_4
file_5
file_6
file_7
file_8
file_9
file_10
file_11
file_12
file_13
file_14
file_15
or:
file_0.txt
file_1.txt
file_2.txt
file_3.txt
file_4.txt
file_5.txt
file_6.txt
file_7.txt
file_8.txt
file_9.txt
file_10.txt
file_11.txt
file_12.txt
file_13.txt
file_14.txt
file_15.txt
Tested with FreeBSD and GNU coreutils implementations of sort but
would not work with busybox implementation. All options used are
specified by
POSIX.
answered 8 hours ago
Arkadiusz DrabczykArkadiusz Drabczyk
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I see that option in the man page now! It was not clear at all to me at first.
– jsb
8 hours ago
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Please try this:
output | awk 'print gensub("[^0-9]*","","g") " " $0 ' | sort -n | awk '$1=""; print $0' | sed 's/^ //g'
This isn't the most elegant solution but it works.
answered 8 hours ago
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The answer(one of them, I'm sure) is:
sort -t _ -k 2 -g [filename with names+numbers or piped from another command with | - both situations will work ]
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sort -nt '_' -k2
Output:
file_0
file_1
file_2
file_3
file_4
file_5
file_6
file_7
file_8
file_9
file_10
file_11
file_12
file_13
file_14
file_15
or:
file_0.txt
file_1.txt
file_2.txt
file_3.txt
file_4.txt
file_5.txt
file_6.txt
file_7.txt
file_8.txt
file_9.txt
file_10.txt
file_11.txt
file_12.txt
file_13.txt
file_14.txt
file_15.txt
Tested with FreeBSD and GNU coreutils implementations of sort but
would not work with busybox implementation. All options used are
specified by
POSIX.
answered 8 hours ago
Arkadiusz DrabczykArkadiusz Drabczyk
9,6963 gold badges20 silver badges36 bronze badges
I see that option in the man page now! It was not clear at all to me at first.
– jsb
8 hours ago
add a comment
|
sort -nt '_' -k2
Output:
file_0
file_1
file_2
file_3
file_4
file_5
file_6
file_7
file_8
file_9
file_10
file_11
file_12
file_13
file_14
file_15
or:
file_0.txt
file_1.txt
file_2.txt
file_3.txt
file_4.txt
file_5.txt
file_6.txt
file_7.txt
file_8.txt
file_9.txt
file_10.txt
file_11.txt
file_12.txt
file_13.txt
file_14.txt
file_15.txt
Tested with FreeBSD and GNU coreutils implementations of sort but
would not work with busybox implementation. All options used are
specified by
POSIX.
answered 8 hours ago
Arkadiusz DrabczykArkadiusz Drabczyk
9,6963 gold badges20 silver badges36 bronze badges
I see that option in the man page now! It was not clear at all to me at first.
– jsb
8 hours ago
add a comment
|
sort -nt '_' -k2
Output:
file_0
file_1
file_2
file_3
file_4
file_5
file_6
file_7
file_8
file_9
file_10
file_11
file_12
file_13
file_14
file_15
or:
file_0.txt
file_1.txt
file_2.txt
file_3.txt
file_4.txt
file_5.txt
file_6.txt
file_7.txt
file_8.txt
file_9.txt
file_10.txt
file_11.txt
file_12.txt
file_13.txt
file_14.txt
file_15.txt
Tested with FreeBSD and GNU coreutils implementations of sort but
would not work with busybox implementation. All options used are
specified by
POSIX.
answered 8 hours ago
Arkadiusz DrabczykArkadiusz Drabczyk
9,6963 gold badges20 silver badges36 bronze badges
sort -nt '_' -k2
Output:
file_0
file_1
file_2
file_3
file_4
file_5
file_6
file_7
file_8
file_9
file_10
file_11
file_12
file_13
file_14
file_15
or:
file_0.txt
file_1.txt
file_2.txt
file_3.txt
file_4.txt
file_5.txt
file_6.txt
file_7.txt
file_8.txt
file_9.txt
file_10.txt
file_11.txt
file_12.txt
file_13.txt
file_14.txt
file_15.txt
Tested with FreeBSD and GNU coreutils implementations of sort but
would not work with busybox implementation. All options used are
specified by
POSIX.
answered 8 hours ago
Arkadiusz DrabczykArkadiusz Drabczyk
9,6963 gold badges20 silver badges36 bronze badges
answered 8 hours ago
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answered 8 hours ago
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I see that option in the man page now! It was not clear at all to me at first.
– jsb
8 hours ago
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I see that option in the man page now! It was not clear at all to me at first.
– jsb
8 hours ago
I see that option in the man page now! It was not clear at all to me at first.
– jsb
8 hours ago
I see that option in the man page now! It was not clear at all to me at first.
– jsb
8 hours ago
add a comment
|
Please try this:
output | awk 'print gensub("[^0-9]*","","g") " " $0 ' | sort -n | awk '$1=""; print $0' | sed 's/^ //g'
This isn't the most elegant solution but it works.
answered 8 hours ago
Ned64Ned64
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Please try this:
output | awk 'print gensub("[^0-9]*","","g") " " $0 ' | sort -n | awk '$1=""; print $0' | sed 's/^ //g'
This isn't the most elegant solution but it works.
answered 8 hours ago
Ned64Ned64
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Please try this:
output | awk 'print gensub("[^0-9]*","","g") " " $0 ' | sort -n | awk '$1=""; print $0' | sed 's/^ //g'
This isn't the most elegant solution but it works.
answered 8 hours ago
Ned64Ned64
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Please try this:
output | awk 'print gensub("[^0-9]*","","g") " " $0 ' | sort -n | awk '$1=""; print $0' | sed 's/^ //g'
This isn't the most elegant solution but it works.
answered 8 hours ago
Ned64Ned64
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answered 8 hours ago
Ned64Ned64
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answered 8 hours ago
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The answer(one of them, I'm sure) is:
sort -t _ -k 2 -g [filename with names+numbers or piped from another command with | - both situations will work ]
answered 8 hours ago
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The answer(one of them, I'm sure) is:
sort -t _ -k 2 -g [filename with names+numbers or piped from another command with | - both situations will work ]
answered 8 hours ago
BarBar1234BarBar1234
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The answer(one of them, I'm sure) is:
sort -t _ -k 2 -g [filename with names+numbers or piped from another command with | - both situations will work ]
answered 8 hours ago
BarBar1234BarBar1234
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The answer(one of them, I'm sure) is:
sort -t _ -k 2 -g [filename with names+numbers or piped from another command with | - both situations will work ]
answered 8 hours ago
BarBar1234BarBar1234
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answered 8 hours ago
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it's not in posix sort but both GNU and FreeBSD's
sortsupport the-Vor--version-sortoption, which is a "natural sort" of numbers embedded within text.– cas
1 hour ago