How to tell the sort command to sort by numerical order instead of lexigraphical?

Question

I want the series to sort as 1,2,3,10,11,12 not 1,10,11,12,2,3. The sort functions do not seem to have any effect when used in this context:

... | sort -num(myfield)

I don't see any examples of using the sort functions in the documentation or other questions. :(

I have also tried:

... | sort by num(myfield)
... | sort num(myfield)

Halp!

Answer 1

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i'm not sure why this isn't working for you. it seems to be fine for me...

... | sort +|- num(<numeric field>)

did you have a particular search/example that wasn't working? i can help you with that and perhaps add that as an example to the topic. thanks.

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answered 30 Aug '11, 16:29

sophy
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Answer 2

0	You can also use the fields command to specify the fields. \| fields "column1" col2 col3 col4 link answered 27 Jun '12, 00:23 brettcave 353●7●9 accept rate: 29%