Linux sorting the files seperated with '|' character

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I am having troubles with sorting in the Linux. First time evr using it. So I have file named testfile with the following info: AAA BBB | 45Jake | 36Sam Sam | 40How can I sort testfile by the numeric value? I have tried to use this: sort -k 2n tesfileBut it did not helped tried to cut the file till the '|' character and then sort also did not helped. I also tried -t key in sort, but seems like it does not work too. sort -t'|', -k 1n testfile

nerijusgaliauskas · Answer

It seems that you want to sort by the last column. If it is the case, look at: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/10524/how-to-numerical-sort-by-last-column

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