On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Hs Hs <ilhs...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi:
>
> I have a tab-delim file:
>
> col1         col2     col3
> andrew    1987   1990
> jake         1974   1980
> jim           1964   1970
> lance        1984   1992
>
>
> how can I sort column 2 and get :
> jim           1964   1970
> jake         1974   1980
> lance        1984   1992
> andrew    1987   1990
>
>
> I know how to sort a items in one list. but I cannot get how this can be
> done on a file.
>
> any suggestions. thanks!
> Hs
>
>
>
>
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Sounds like a school project to me
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