Re^2: sorting a file

Yes, the 10th col is UTR but it varies, ti can be GENE, CDS, RNA..

another problem is that I need GENE to always be first (not regular lexicographic sort)

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Re^3: sorting a file - multilevel by runrig (Abbot) on Jun 25, 2008 at 20:34 UTC
another problem is that I need GENE to always be first (not regular lexicographic sort) That's doable...here's a sample (the sed and awk can easily be replaced by perl...left as an exercise): `#!/bin/ksh awk 'BEGIN { SORTCD["GENE"] = 1 SORTCD["CDS"] = 2 SORTCD["RNA"] = 3 } { print SORTCD[$3], $0 }' <<EOT \| 1 1 RNA 1 1 GENE 1 2 CDS EOT sort -n -k2,3 -k1,1 \| sed -e 's/^[0-9]* //'` [download]	[reply] [d/l]