Re: sorting dates in ksh

Do a man sort - there are options there to sort by date. cheers j. ----- Original Message ----- From: <chris.staubin@reebok.com> To: <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 3:13 PM Subject: sorting dates in ksh > Greetings, > > I need help figuring out a way to sort out the data sample below. I want > to sort it by the second field first, then the thierd field. The goal is > to present the data by date then time in ascending order. I'm working in > HPUX ksh. > > I tried sort -k against field 2 and it won't sort. I suspect the forward > slashes need to be defined in some way... or somthing. I can't find the > answer in the man page or on the Internet. > > Can anyone provide a sort command that will sort by $2 then $3? > > Thanks, > -Chris > > Harry 05/04/04 10:45:00 > Bill 05/03/04 19:00:00 > Sally 05/04/04 06:30:00 > Ben 05/03/04 23:30:00 > Jimmy 05/04/04 00:30:00 > Benny 05/03/04 18:30:00 > Mike 05/03/04 20:30:00 > Susan 05/03/04 21:00:00 > Larry 05/03/04 21:30:00 > Joe 05/03/04 22:00:00 > Nancy 05/09/04 09:30:00 > George 05/09/04 11:00:00 > sending to informix-list > sending to informix-list