On 23/04/2024 11:14, Dan Jacobson wrote:
In (info "(coreutils) sort invocation") be sure to add an example of a
way or workaround for counting fields from the end of the line. E.g., we
want to sort on the last field, but don't know for sure how many fields
a line might contain. E.g., sort by surname, when lines consist of First
[Middle...] Surname. perl -a uses $F[-1]. so maybe sort(1) could also
use a negative field number. Same for character number.
All good suggestions. I'll at least add an example along the lines of:
awk '{print $NF, $0}' | sort -k1,1 | cut -f2- -d' '
cheers,
Pádraig.
