Sort lines according to date and time
I have this file which represents a calender. Each file has the exact date and time, then the name event and a note.
06-12-2016,12:00,gym,leg day
05-04-2018,12:09,gym,hands
09-08-2019,13:08,movies,horror
05-04-2019,14:07,gym,hands
23-03-2018,16:47,dance class
25-04-2019,13:29,dance class
05-12-2017,14:45,songwriting
I need to print the events sorted with the correct order.
I have tried with grep and awk but it didn't work correctly. What can I do?
awk grep date sort
edited Dec 13 at 19:19
jimmij
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asked Dec 13 at 18:01
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I have this file which represents a calender. Each file has the exact date and time, then the name event and a note.
06-12-2016,12:00,gym,leg day
05-04-2018,12:09,gym,hands
09-08-2019,13:08,movies,horror
05-04-2019,14:07,gym,hands
23-03-2018,16:47,dance class
25-04-2019,13:29,dance class
05-12-2017,14:45,songwriting
I need to print the events sorted with the correct order.
I have tried with grep and awk but it didn't work correctly. What can I do?
awk grep date sort
edited Dec 13 at 19:19
jimmij
30.7k870103
asked Dec 13 at 18:01
user312851
112
1
Can you please show what you tried with grep? What the desired output will be and so on?
– Valentin Bajrami
Dec 13 at 18:07
2
What is the correct order, by timestamp or by name? If by timestamp, this would have been so much easier if you had only usedYYYY-MM-DDdates...
– Kusalananda
Dec 13 at 18:07
Try a unix sortsort -n -t- -k 3.1 -k 2.1 -k 1.1 file
– Dougie
Dec 13 at 18:12
3
@Dougie, please try to restrain yourself from "Answering questions in comments" (as the stock text for comments says). If you have a solution, please consider posting an Answer, instead. Thank you!
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 13 at 18:33
3
What's an example of an activity that happens before 10 am? Is it06-12-2016,09:00,teatimeor is it06-12-2016,9:00,teatime?
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 13 at 18:34
|
show 1 more comment
I have this file which represents a calender. Each file has the exact date and time, then the name event and a note.
06-12-2016,12:00,gym,leg day
05-04-2018,12:09,gym,hands
09-08-2019,13:08,movies,horror
05-04-2019,14:07,gym,hands
23-03-2018,16:47,dance class
25-04-2019,13:29,dance class
05-12-2017,14:45,songwriting
I need to print the events sorted with the correct order.
I have tried with grep and awk but it didn't work correctly. What can I do?
awk grep date sort
edited Dec 13 at 19:19
jimmij
30.7k870103
asked Dec 13 at 18:01
user312851
112
I have this file which represents a calender. Each file has the exact date and time, then the name event and a note.
06-12-2016,12:00,gym,leg day
05-04-2018,12:09,gym,hands
09-08-2019,13:08,movies,horror
05-04-2019,14:07,gym,hands
23-03-2018,16:47,dance class
25-04-2019,13:29,dance class
05-12-2017,14:45,songwriting
I need to print the events sorted with the correct order.
I have tried with grep and awk but it didn't work correctly. What can I do?
awk grep date sort
awk grep date sort
edited Dec 13 at 19:19
jimmij
30.7k870103
asked Dec 13 at 18:01
user312851
112
edited Dec 13 at 19:19
jimmij
30.7k870103
asked Dec 13 at 18:01
user312851
112
edited Dec 13 at 19:19
jimmij
30.7k870103
edited Dec 13 at 19:19
jimmij
30.7k870103
edited Dec 13 at 19:19
jimmij
30.7k870103
30.7k870103
asked Dec 13 at 18:01
user312851
112
asked Dec 13 at 18:01
user312851
112
asked Dec 13 at 18:01
user312851
112
112
1
Can you please show what you tried with grep? What the desired output will be and so on?
– Valentin Bajrami
Dec 13 at 18:07
2
What is the correct order, by timestamp or by name? If by timestamp, this would have been so much easier if you had only usedYYYY-MM-DDdates...
– Kusalananda
Dec 13 at 18:07
Try a unix sortsort -n -t- -k 3.1 -k 2.1 -k 1.1 file
– Dougie
Dec 13 at 18:12
3
@Dougie, please try to restrain yourself from "Answering questions in comments" (as the stock text for comments says). If you have a solution, please consider posting an Answer, instead. Thank you!
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 13 at 18:33
3
What's an example of an activity that happens before 10 am? Is it06-12-2016,09:00,teatimeor is it06-12-2016,9:00,teatime?
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 13 at 18:34
|
show 1 more comment
1
Can you please show what you tried with grep? What the desired output will be and so on?
– Valentin Bajrami
Dec 13 at 18:07
2
What is the correct order, by timestamp or by name? If by timestamp, this would have been so much easier if you had only usedYYYY-MM-DDdates...
– Kusalananda
Dec 13 at 18:07
Try a unix sortsort -n -t- -k 3.1 -k 2.1 -k 1.1 file
– Dougie
Dec 13 at 18:12
3
@Dougie, please try to restrain yourself from "Answering questions in comments" (as the stock text for comments says). If you have a solution, please consider posting an Answer, instead. Thank you!
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 13 at 18:33
3
What's an example of an activity that happens before 10 am? Is it06-12-2016,09:00,teatimeor is it06-12-2016,9:00,teatime?
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 13 at 18:34
1
1
Can you please show what you tried with grep? What the desired output will be and so on?
– Valentin Bajrami
Dec 13 at 18:07
Can you please show what you tried with grep? What the desired output will be and so on?
– Valentin Bajrami
Dec 13 at 18:07
2
2
What is the correct order, by timestamp or by name? If by timestamp, this would have been so much easier if you had only used
YYYY-MM-DD dates...– Kusalananda
Dec 13 at 18:07
What is the correct order, by timestamp or by name? If by timestamp, this would have been so much easier if you had only used
YYYY-MM-DD dates...– Kusalananda
Dec 13 at 18:07
Try a unix sort
sort -n -t- -k 3.1 -k 2.1 -k 1.1 file– Dougie
Dec 13 at 18:12
Try a unix sort
sort -n -t- -k 3.1 -k 2.1 -k 1.1 file– Dougie
Dec 13 at 18:12
3
3
@Dougie, please try to restrain yourself from "Answering questions in comments" (as the stock text for comments says). If you have a solution, please consider posting an Answer, instead. Thank you!
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 13 at 18:33
@Dougie, please try to restrain yourself from "Answering questions in comments" (as the stock text for comments says). If you have a solution, please consider posting an Answer, instead. Thank you!
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 13 at 18:33
3
3
What's an example of an activity that happens before 10 am? Is it
06-12-2016,09:00,teatime or is it 06-12-2016,9:00,teatime?– Jeff Schaller
Dec 13 at 18:34
What's an example of an activity that happens before 10 am? Is it
06-12-2016,09:00,teatime or is it 06-12-2016,9:00,teatime?– Jeff Schaller
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I believe the simplest command is
sort -t- -k3.1,3.4 -k2,2 file
This sorts on four characters of the third field and resolve ties by sorting on the second field. If ties are still not solved the order will be determined automatically by comparing all other fields starting from the first one.
Notice that all sorting is done alphabetically because numbers are positive integers so adding additional n doesn't matter.
Test sample:
06-12-2016,12:00,gym,leg day
05-04-2018,12:09,gym,hands
09-08-2019,13:11,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:09,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:08,movies,horror
08-08-2019,13:09,movies,horror
05-04-2019,14:07,gym,hands
23-03-2018,16:47,dance class
25-04-2019,13:29,dance class
05-12-2017,14:45,songwriting
Sorted result:
06-12-2016,12:00,gym,leg day
05-12-2017,14:45,songwriting
23-03-2018,16:47,dance class
05-04-2018,12:09,gym,hands
05-04-2019,14:07,gym,hands
25-04-2019,13:29,dance class
08-08-2019,13:09,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:08,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:09,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:11,movies,horror
answered Dec 13 at 19:14
jimmij
30.7k870103
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One way would be to manually pick out all of the sort fields:
sort -t, -k 1.7,1.10n -k 1.4,1.5n -k 1.1,1.2n -k 2.1,2.2n -k 2.4,2.5n input
This splits the lines up based on comma-separated fields, then uses the positions of the year, month, day, hour, and minutes to sort numerically. Sample output:
06-12-2016,12:00,gym,leg day
05-12-2017,14:45,songwriting
23-03-2018,16:47,dance class
05-04-2018,12:09,gym,hands
05-04-2019,14:07,gym,hands
25-04-2019,13:29,dance class
09-08-2019,13:08,movies,horror
answered Dec 13 at 18:39
Jeff Schaller
38.3k1053125
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I believe the simplest command is
sort -t- -k3.1,3.4 -k2,2 file
This sorts on four characters of the third field and resolve ties by sorting on the second field. If ties are still not solved the order will be determined automatically by comparing all other fields starting from the first one.
Notice that all sorting is done alphabetically because numbers are positive integers so adding additional n doesn't matter.
Test sample:
06-12-2016,12:00,gym,leg day
05-04-2018,12:09,gym,hands
09-08-2019,13:11,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:09,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:08,movies,horror
08-08-2019,13:09,movies,horror
05-04-2019,14:07,gym,hands
23-03-2018,16:47,dance class
25-04-2019,13:29,dance class
05-12-2017,14:45,songwriting
Sorted result:
06-12-2016,12:00,gym,leg day
05-12-2017,14:45,songwriting
23-03-2018,16:47,dance class
05-04-2018,12:09,gym,hands
05-04-2019,14:07,gym,hands
25-04-2019,13:29,dance class
08-08-2019,13:09,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:08,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:09,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:11,movies,horror
answered Dec 13 at 19:14
jimmij
30.7k870103
add a comment |
I believe the simplest command is
sort -t- -k3.1,3.4 -k2,2 file
This sorts on four characters of the third field and resolve ties by sorting on the second field. If ties are still not solved the order will be determined automatically by comparing all other fields starting from the first one.
Notice that all sorting is done alphabetically because numbers are positive integers so adding additional n doesn't matter.
Test sample:
06-12-2016,12:00,gym,leg day
05-04-2018,12:09,gym,hands
09-08-2019,13:11,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:09,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:08,movies,horror
08-08-2019,13:09,movies,horror
05-04-2019,14:07,gym,hands
23-03-2018,16:47,dance class
25-04-2019,13:29,dance class
05-12-2017,14:45,songwriting
Sorted result:
06-12-2016,12:00,gym,leg day
05-12-2017,14:45,songwriting
23-03-2018,16:47,dance class
05-04-2018,12:09,gym,hands
05-04-2019,14:07,gym,hands
25-04-2019,13:29,dance class
08-08-2019,13:09,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:08,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:09,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:11,movies,horror
answered Dec 13 at 19:14
jimmij
30.7k870103
add a comment |
I believe the simplest command is
sort -t- -k3.1,3.4 -k2,2 file
This sorts on four characters of the third field and resolve ties by sorting on the second field. If ties are still not solved the order will be determined automatically by comparing all other fields starting from the first one.
Notice that all sorting is done alphabetically because numbers are positive integers so adding additional n doesn't matter.
Test sample:
06-12-2016,12:00,gym,leg day
05-04-2018,12:09,gym,hands
09-08-2019,13:11,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:09,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:08,movies,horror
08-08-2019,13:09,movies,horror
05-04-2019,14:07,gym,hands
23-03-2018,16:47,dance class
25-04-2019,13:29,dance class
05-12-2017,14:45,songwriting
Sorted result:
06-12-2016,12:00,gym,leg day
05-12-2017,14:45,songwriting
23-03-2018,16:47,dance class
05-04-2018,12:09,gym,hands
05-04-2019,14:07,gym,hands
25-04-2019,13:29,dance class
08-08-2019,13:09,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:08,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:09,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:11,movies,horror
answered Dec 13 at 19:14
jimmij
30.7k870103
I believe the simplest command is
sort -t- -k3.1,3.4 -k2,2 file
This sorts on four characters of the third field and resolve ties by sorting on the second field. If ties are still not solved the order will be determined automatically by comparing all other fields starting from the first one.
Notice that all sorting is done alphabetically because numbers are positive integers so adding additional n doesn't matter.
Test sample:
06-12-2016,12:00,gym,leg day
05-04-2018,12:09,gym,hands
09-08-2019,13:11,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:09,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:08,movies,horror
08-08-2019,13:09,movies,horror
05-04-2019,14:07,gym,hands
23-03-2018,16:47,dance class
25-04-2019,13:29,dance class
05-12-2017,14:45,songwriting
Sorted result:
06-12-2016,12:00,gym,leg day
05-12-2017,14:45,songwriting
23-03-2018,16:47,dance class
05-04-2018,12:09,gym,hands
05-04-2019,14:07,gym,hands
25-04-2019,13:29,dance class
08-08-2019,13:09,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:08,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:09,movies,horror
09-08-2019,13:11,movies,horror
answered Dec 13 at 19:14
jimmij
30.7k870103
answered Dec 13 at 19:14
jimmij
30.7k870103
answered Dec 13 at 19:14
jimmij
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answered Dec 13 at 19:14
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One way would be to manually pick out all of the sort fields:
sort -t, -k 1.7,1.10n -k 1.4,1.5n -k 1.1,1.2n -k 2.1,2.2n -k 2.4,2.5n input
This splits the lines up based on comma-separated fields, then uses the positions of the year, month, day, hour, and minutes to sort numerically. Sample output:
06-12-2016,12:00,gym,leg day
05-12-2017,14:45,songwriting
23-03-2018,16:47,dance class
05-04-2018,12:09,gym,hands
05-04-2019,14:07,gym,hands
25-04-2019,13:29,dance class
09-08-2019,13:08,movies,horror
answered Dec 13 at 18:39
Jeff Schaller
38.3k1053125
add a comment |
One way would be to manually pick out all of the sort fields:
sort -t, -k 1.7,1.10n -k 1.4,1.5n -k 1.1,1.2n -k 2.1,2.2n -k 2.4,2.5n input
This splits the lines up based on comma-separated fields, then uses the positions of the year, month, day, hour, and minutes to sort numerically. Sample output:
06-12-2016,12:00,gym,leg day
05-12-2017,14:45,songwriting
23-03-2018,16:47,dance class
05-04-2018,12:09,gym,hands
05-04-2019,14:07,gym,hands
25-04-2019,13:29,dance class
09-08-2019,13:08,movies,horror
answered Dec 13 at 18:39
Jeff Schaller
38.3k1053125
add a comment |
One way would be to manually pick out all of the sort fields:
sort -t, -k 1.7,1.10n -k 1.4,1.5n -k 1.1,1.2n -k 2.1,2.2n -k 2.4,2.5n input
This splits the lines up based on comma-separated fields, then uses the positions of the year, month, day, hour, and minutes to sort numerically. Sample output:
06-12-2016,12:00,gym,leg day
05-12-2017,14:45,songwriting
23-03-2018,16:47,dance class
05-04-2018,12:09,gym,hands
05-04-2019,14:07,gym,hands
25-04-2019,13:29,dance class
09-08-2019,13:08,movies,horror
answered Dec 13 at 18:39
Jeff Schaller
38.3k1053125
One way would be to manually pick out all of the sort fields:
sort -t, -k 1.7,1.10n -k 1.4,1.5n -k 1.1,1.2n -k 2.1,2.2n -k 2.4,2.5n input
This splits the lines up based on comma-separated fields, then uses the positions of the year, month, day, hour, and minutes to sort numerically. Sample output:
06-12-2016,12:00,gym,leg day
05-12-2017,14:45,songwriting
23-03-2018,16:47,dance class
05-04-2018,12:09,gym,hands
05-04-2019,14:07,gym,hands
25-04-2019,13:29,dance class
09-08-2019,13:08,movies,horror
answered Dec 13 at 18:39
Jeff Schaller
38.3k1053125
answered Dec 13 at 18:39
Jeff Schaller
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answered Dec 13 at 18:39
Jeff Schaller
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answered Dec 13 at 18:39
Jeff Schaller
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Can you please show what you tried with grep? What the desired output will be and so on?
– Valentin Bajrami
Dec 13 at 18:07
2
What is the correct order, by timestamp or by name? If by timestamp, this would have been so much easier if you had only used
YYYY-MM-DDdates...– Kusalananda
Dec 13 at 18:07
Try a unix sort
sort -n -t- -k 3.1 -k 2.1 -k 1.1 file– Dougie
Dec 13 at 18:12
3
@Dougie, please try to restrain yourself from "Answering questions in comments" (as the stock text for comments says). If you have a solution, please consider posting an Answer, instead. Thank you!
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 13 at 18:33
3
What's an example of an activity that happens before 10 am? Is it
06-12-2016,09:00,teatimeor is it06-12-2016,9:00,teatime?– Jeff Schaller
Dec 13 at 18:34