[NTLUG:Discuss] Sort ?

[MadHat]

Maybe I am stupid, but I had to reread this a couple of times to see he
was talking about the man page for 'sort'.  I am not sure if the
origional message was asking about the sort command specifically or
not.  

Kyle_Davenport at compusa.com wrote:
> 
> Yes.  From the man page:
>  "A  +pos  or  -pos argument may also have any of the option
>        letters Mbdfinr appended to it, in which case  the  global
>        ordering  options  are not used for that particular field."
> 
> S Jackson <sjackson at stratmarkcorp.com> on 08/11/99 12:59:24 PM
>
> This may be a General Unix question, but is it possible to sort a file
> and sort forward on one field, and reverse on another at the same time?
> I hope that question made sense. Thanx
> 
> Jackson

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MadHat