Sort question

[pjb]

I have a multi field record delimited by pipes (|). I have to sort by the 11th filed ascending, 32nd field descending, and the 30th field ascending.

 

[PHV]

man sort (the -t and -k options).

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[pjb]

Thanks, had to do a little testing on the -k as what I needed was nowhaere on the man page. Here is what I came up with. It seems to work

sort -t'|' -k 11,11 -k 32r,32r -k 30,30

This allowed me to sort field 11 and 30 ascending, and field 32 descending