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Re: Sort from second field instead on second field

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Ralf Fassel <ralfixx@gmx.de> writes:

> * Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl>
> | You can sort lines in the region on the second field with:
> |     C-u 2 M-x sort-field
>>
> | In most cases this will probably be enough. But what if I would want
> | to sort from the second field to the end of the line?
>
> Mark the region and call
>
>   C-u M-x shell-command-on-region RET sort -k FIELDNUM RET
>
>        -k, --key=KEYDEF
>               sort via a key; KEYDEF gives location and type
>
>        KEYDEF  is F[.C][OPTS][,F[.C][OPTS]] for start and stop position, where
>        F is a field number and C a character position in the field;  both  are
>        origin 1, and the stop position defaults to the line's end. [...]
>
> ?  Of course requires an external command compatible with Unix' 'sort(1)'.

For me that would work because I am on Debian. I was thinking about
this originally, but then I saw that Emacs had his own internal
commands. So I thought that is better. It can be done in the way HASM
said. (And it is really neat.) But I think that this is a better, or
at least easier way. So next time I will use the external sort
command.
Thanks.


I have:
📱 Mobile Phone
😭 Loudly Crying Face
🪟 Window
🏡 House with Garden
💔 Broken Heart
🏠 House
🥳 Partying Face
🥵 Hot Face

And when using (I prefer long options):
    C-u M-x shell-command-on-region RET sort --key=2 RET

I get:
💔 Broken Heart
🥵 Hot Face
🏠 House
🏡 House with Garden
😭 Loudly Crying Face
📱 Mobile Phone
🥳 Partying Face
🪟 Window

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

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Sort from second field instead on second field Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2023-03-29 17:53 +0200
  Re: Sort from second field instead on second field HASM <hasm@example.invalid> - 2023-03-29 09:39 -0700
    Re: Sort from second field instead on second field Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2023-03-29 19:55 +0200
  Re: Sort from second field instead on second field Ralf Fassel <ralfixx@gmx.de> - 2023-03-29 19:28 +0200
    Re: Sort from second field instead on second field Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2023-03-30 07:03 +0200

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