sorting txt-file 1

[math]

Hi,

I use a flat-file as database with entries like:

514:name:adres:1:0:5:email

It's a whole file like that... Now I'd like to sort that on the first number (514) so that 001 is first and 999 is last... But I don't have a clue what the code for that is...

Can anyone help ?

THANX,
math

 

[MikeLacey]

try this:

sort -n unsorted_file > sorted_file Mike
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