number sorting problem 2

w5000 · Mar 15, 2011

how to sort output as below by last octet number of IPs in the second column?

Code:

10.116.27.63 10.116.27.63 is alive
10.116.27.7 10.116.27.7 is alive
10.116.27.8 10.116.27.8 is alive
10.116.27.9 10.116.27.9 is alive

feherke · Mar 15, 2011

Hi

Code:

sort -t . -k 7 -n /input/file

Tested with GNU coreutils [tt]sort[/tt].

Feherke.

PHV · Mar 15, 2011

With legacy sort:

Code:

sort -t. -k7n /path/to/input

Hope This Helps, PH.
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stefanwagner · Mar 15, 2011

Sorting from the back:

Code:

rev /path/to/input | sort -n -k 3 | rev

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