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	From: Geoffrey [<a  rel="nofollow" href="mailto:esoteric";>mailto:esoteric</a> at 3times25.net] 
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	Subject: Re: [ale] sort key help request
	
	

	Dow Hurst wrote:
	&gt; I have a tab delimited file I want to sort on the second and eighth fields.
	&gt;
	&gt; sort -t \t -k 2b,2 -k 8,8 inputfile &gt; outputfile
	&gt;
	&gt; is what I have tried.  Doesn't work and I think the \t is what is wrong
	&gt; but aren't sure.  How do I specify a tab character as the delimiter?
	
	--field-separator='     '
	
	Where you actually enter the tab key betwen the quotes.
	
	&gt;
	&gt; Thanks,
	&gt; Dow
	&gt;
	
	
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