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title: "sort numerically"
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seo_description: "how to sort lines numerically in unix shell"
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date: 2023-05-11T09:14:37+02:00
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draft: false
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snippet_types:
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- sort
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---
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Working with with sitemap xml files in AWS S3 today and the default sort is a bit hard to read.
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Example:
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```shell
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$ aws s3 ls s3://cool-bucket | awk '{print $4}'
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sitemap.brands.xml
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sitemap.episode.0.xml
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sitemap.episode.1.xml
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sitemap.episode.10.xml
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sitemap.episode.11.xml
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sitemap.episode.2.xml
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sitemap.episode.20.xml
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sitemap.episode.21.xml
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sitemap.episode.22.xml
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sitemap.episode.23.xml
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...
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```
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Using `sort -V` it sorts the lines numerically!
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Working example:
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```shell
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$ aws s3 ls s3://cool-bucket | awk '{print $4}' | sort -V
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sitemap.brands.xml
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sitemap.xml
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sitemap.episode.0.xml
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sitemap.episode.1.xml
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sitemap.episode.2.xml
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sitemap.episode.3.xml
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sitemap.episode.4.xml
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sitemap.episode.5.xml
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sitemap.episode.6.xml
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sitemap.episode.7.xml
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...
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``` |