topic Re: Sort by numeric value in Operating System - HP-UX

Sort by numeric value

Ed Hon — Thu, 15 Feb 2001 14:59:13 GMT

When I run du and pipe it to sort -k 1,1 the results are ordered by collating sequence. Is there a way of ordering it by numeric value, e.g. 123 would appear after 24? Thanks.

Re: Sort by numeric value

Mike Williams_3 — Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:10:01 GMT

du | sort -n -k 1,1

Re: Sort by numeric value

James R. Ferguson — Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:11:15 GMT

Ed:

Add the '-n' flag to your sort.

...JRF...

Re: Sort by numeric value

Steven Sim Kok Leong — Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:17:40 GMT

Hi,

The -n option in sort allows you to sort by numeric value.

If you wish to sort by increasing value:

# du | sort -n

If you wish to sort by decreasing value:

# du | sort -r -n

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong
Brainbench MVP for Unix Admin
http://www.brainbench.com