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Hexx on 12/01/10


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Simple Bash Sort Script

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URL: http://www.amugofjava.me.uk/

Simple bash script that sorts a series of numeric parameters using a temporary file and sort command.

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  1. #!/bin/sh
  2. # Simple Sort Script By Ben
  3. for f in $@
  4. do
  5. 	# Store parameters in temp file
  6. 	echo $f >> sortme.tmp
  7. done
  8. # Sort temp file
  9. for f in `cat sortme.tmp | sort -n`
  10. do
  11. 	f2="$f2 $f"
  12. done
  13.  
  14. # Delete temp file
  15. rm sortme.tmp
  16.  
  17. # Show output
  18. echo $f2

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Posted By: Hexx on December 1, 2010

Example:

./sort.sh 5 8 10 2 5 4 7

Gives the result

2 4 5 5 7 8 10

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