https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/complex-sort-question/m-p/4647993#M614110 Hi:<BR /><BR /># sort -k2,2 -kr1,1 file <BR /><BR />Regards!<BR /><BR />...JRF... Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:51:47 GMT James R. Ferguson 2010-06-15T14:51:47Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/complex-sort-question/m-p/4647992#M614109 I want to sort a text file that includes an SSN and a dependent relationship code. This time, the dependent relationship (E for employee, D for Dependent) is in column 2, which needs to be sorted in reverse order after the SSN (columns 3-13). I have not found a way to reverse the sense of the comparision for one key, while keeping a normal comparison for the primary key.<BR /><BR />A more complicated case that comes up involves ordering a family, so that the employee (e) is first, the spouse (s), is second, and the children (1,2,3,...) follow. <BR /><BR />Thanks for looking Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:39:51 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/complex-sort-question/m-p/4647992#M614109 dbent 2010-06-15T14:39:51Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/complex-sort-question/m-p/4647993#M614110 Hi:<BR /><BR /># sort -k2,2 -kr1,1 file <BR /><BR />Regards!<BR /><BR />...JRF... Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:51:47 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/complex-sort-question/m-p/4647993#M614110 James R. Ferguson 2010-06-15T14:51:47Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/complex-sort-question/m-p/4647994#M614111 That worked! Big thanks! Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:11:47 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/complex-sort-question/m-p/4647994#M614111 dbent 2010-06-15T15:11:47Z