Updated: 04 March 2024
Sort by second column of tabulated data
$ printf "101\tc\n102\tb\n103\ta\n"
101 c
102 b
103 a
$ printf "101\tc\n102\tb\n103\ta\n" | sort -k2
103 a
102 b
101 c
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Updated: 04 March 2024
Sort by second column of tabulated data
$ printf "101\tc\n102\tb\n103\ta\n"
101 c
102 b
103 a
$ printf "101\tc\n102\tb\n103\ta\n" | sort -k2
103 a
102 b
101 c