Using Unix sort

As posted above, I would use the Unix sort -- fields are delimited with a dot, and you want to numerically sort on the 4th field.

sort -t. +3n /etc/hosts
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Does that work for you?

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Re: Using Unix sort by tmbailey123 (Initiate) on Aug 31, 2001 at 23:14 UTC
excuse me I replied to the wrong reply. yes `sort -t +3n /etc/hosts` [download] works ! thx again -mike	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Using Unix sort by tmbailey123 (Initiate) on Aug 31, 2001 at 23:07 UTC
Yes, I tried a sort -n but, here is a snippet of my output. <code> 10.194.196.10 romulus 10.194.196.100 nnocws014 10.194.196.101 wslkms01 wslknms01 10.194.196.102 nnocws016 10.194.196.103 nnocws017 10.194.196.104 txwl008w 10.194.196.105 nnocws019 10.194.196.106 txwl015w 10.194.196.11 otter 10.194.196.110 nnocweb01 10.194.196.111 shemp 10.194.196.113 dvwl000s 10.194.196.125 spanky 10.194.196.126 buckwheat 10.194.196.127 datapro 10.194.196.128 darla 10.194.196.129 txwl018w 10.194.196.13 nnocdev01 <code> this is not what we are looking for. kind regards -mike	[reply]