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<fda30a91-58d9-4a6c-9b1d-b229c8a66...@t35g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>,
moonhkt <[email protected]> wrote:
> How to sort file without sort first line or first two lines ?
>
> Text file as below
> MTH NUM
> JAN A 1
> APR C
> FEB B 1
> MAR D 1
>
> Expect Output
> MTH NUM
> JAN A 1
> FEB B 1
> APR C
> MAR D 1
{ head -1 file; tail -2 file | sort +k 2; } > sortedfile
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