Need to sort a column into numerical order 1

[maxcrook]

I have several numbers with a count next to them as shown below:

12345678 10
12345789 1
22235689 23

I need to be able to sort the numbers out so that they are displayed as follows:

22235689 23
12345678 10
12345789 1

ie. The second field is sorted with the highest count value first.
The numbers are in a file called Count_of_num

 

[KenCunningham]

IMHO it's easier (though perhaps not as much fun) to download such data and manipulate it using a spreadsheet or similar tool. Have you considered this option?

 

[maxcrook]

I could do that but i really need the rawdata to remain on the rs6000.

 

[crowe]

sort -k 2.2b,2r $FILE

$FILE being the file with the numbers in it.

crowe