Sort Command in Hidden Shell Scripts
I have a file called student_data
1001:Jones:Alice:Accounting:105
1320:Moore:Sarah:Mechanical Engineering:80
2100:Olson:Timothy:Computer Systems:66
1520:Mitchell:Barbara:Electrical Engineering:34
1800:Smith:Paul:Mathematics:87
2010:Whitman:Henry:Business Management:114
1480:Richard:Johnson:Computer Systems:90
1234:Willims:David:Economics:78
that I want to sort. When I run :
sort -k 5 -t: student_data
I don't get a list of student_data sorted by the 5th column. If I run
sort -k 5 -t: -n student_data
I do get a list sorted by the fifth column in numerical order. I'm trying to use this command inside a hidden shell script called .functions
sort_credits()
{
sort -k 5 -t: -n student_data
}
But when I load the shell script using . .functions, I cannot get the list to sort by the 5th column, using the first or second listed command. Anyone know what the issue is here?
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I have a file called student_data
1001:Jones:Alice:Accounting:105
1320:Moore:Sarah:Mechanical Engineering:80
2100:Olson:Timothy:Computer Systems:66
1520:Mitchell:Barbara:Electrical Engineering:34
1800:Smith:Paul:Mathematics:87
2010:Whitman:Henry:Business Management:114
1480:Richard:Johnson:Computer Systems:90
1234:Willims:David:Economics:78
that I want to sort. When I run :
sort -k 5 -t: student_data
I don't get a list of student_data sorted by the 5th column. If I run
sort -k 5 -t: -n student_data
I do get a list sorted by the fifth column in numerical order. I'm trying to use this command inside a hidden shell script called .functions
sort_credits()
{
sort -k 5 -t: -n student_data
}
But when I load the shell script using . .functions, I cannot get the list to sort by the 5th column, using the first or second listed command. Anyone know what the issue is here?
linux sort function
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You have loaded the function using. .functions, but did you actually run thesort_creditsfunction?
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I have a file called student_data
1001:Jones:Alice:Accounting:105
1320:Moore:Sarah:Mechanical Engineering:80
2100:Olson:Timothy:Computer Systems:66
1520:Mitchell:Barbara:Electrical Engineering:34
1800:Smith:Paul:Mathematics:87
2010:Whitman:Henry:Business Management:114
1480:Richard:Johnson:Computer Systems:90
1234:Willims:David:Economics:78
that I want to sort. When I run :
sort -k 5 -t: student_data
I don't get a list of student_data sorted by the 5th column. If I run
sort -k 5 -t: -n student_data
I do get a list sorted by the fifth column in numerical order. I'm trying to use this command inside a hidden shell script called .functions
sort_credits()
{
sort -k 5 -t: -n student_data
}
But when I load the shell script using . .functions, I cannot get the list to sort by the 5th column, using the first or second listed command. Anyone know what the issue is here?
linux sort function
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I have a file called student_data
1001:Jones:Alice:Accounting:105
1320:Moore:Sarah:Mechanical Engineering:80
2100:Olson:Timothy:Computer Systems:66
1520:Mitchell:Barbara:Electrical Engineering:34
1800:Smith:Paul:Mathematics:87
2010:Whitman:Henry:Business Management:114
1480:Richard:Johnson:Computer Systems:90
1234:Willims:David:Economics:78
that I want to sort. When I run :
sort -k 5 -t: student_data
I don't get a list of student_data sorted by the 5th column. If I run
sort -k 5 -t: -n student_data
I do get a list sorted by the fifth column in numerical order. I'm trying to use this command inside a hidden shell script called .functions
sort_credits()
{
sort -k 5 -t: -n student_data
}
But when I load the shell script using . .functions, I cannot get the list to sort by the 5th column, using the first or second listed command. Anyone know what the issue is here?
linux sort function
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You have loaded the function using. .functions, but did you actually run thesort_creditsfunction?
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You have loaded the function using. .functions, but did you actually run thesort_creditsfunction?
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You have loaded the function using
. .functions, but did you actually run the sort_credits function?– Olorin
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You have loaded the function using
. .functions, but did you actually run the sort_credits function?– Olorin
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I figured it out. I was editing the .functions command but I never ran . .functions again and reloaded it into memory. Silly mistake.
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