[?] sort

[shyg]

How can I sort a file by a specific word?

sort -dg "word2sort for" /etc/file >> test

 

[PHV]

What do you mean by sort a file by a specific word ?
Can you please post example of input and expected result ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[shyg]

This code returns an error:

sort -dg "word2sort for" /etc/file >> test

But if I were to sort the contents of "file" as so

sort -dg /etc/file >> test[\code]
There would be no problem.

[b]My goal is to sort "file" only returning the lines containing the text which I am after.[/b]

So as an example I used the useless code [code]sort -dg "word2sort for" /etc/file >> test

As my method to sort for the text "word2sort for". I hope that clears up my intent some what better.

 

[PHV]

man grep

Hope This Helps, PH.
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