Re: Feature request for cut and/or sort

[Andreas Schwab]

The Wanderer <address@hidden> writes:

> I would like to have a way to tell cut and sort, and for that matter
> anything else which likewise deals with fields, to count them beginning
> from the end of the line.
>
> Is there a way to do this which I have missed? If not, is there a chance
> of such a capability being added?

awk -F/ '{ printf "%s/%s\n", $NF, %0 }' | sort -t/ -k1,1 | cut -d/ -f2-

(Or use perl.)

Andreas.

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