Unix - Sort particular output

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I need to sort this output:

/dir1NameWithSpaces/dir2NameWithSpaces/dir3NameWithSpaces/File1_04092008/es3.sml: some content .... with words and symbols
/dir1NameWithSpaces/dir2NameWithSpaces/dir3NameWithSpaces/File1_05012004/es3.sml: some content .... with words and symbols
/dir1NameWithSpaces/dir2NameWithSpaces/dir3NameWithSpaces/File1_24072010/es3.sml: some content .... with words and symbols
/dir1NameWithSpaces/dir2NameWithSpaces/dir3NameWithSpaces/File1_05012004/es3.sml: some content .... with words and symbols

Based on the year of the date like this "05012004" that would be "ggmmyyyy" so based on "yyyy".

So in the following way it's sorted:

/dir1NameWithSpaces/dir2NameWithSpaces/dir3NameWithSpaces/File1_05012004/es3.sml: some content .... with words and symbols
/dir1NameWithSpaces/dir2NameWithSpaces/dir3NameWithSpaces/File1_05012004/es3.sml: some content .... with words and symbols
/dir1NameWithSpaces/dir2NameWithSpaces/dir3NameWithSpaces/File1_04092008/es3.sml: some content .... with words and symbols
/dir1NameWithSpaces/dir2NameWithSpaces/dir3NameWithSpaces/File1_24072010/es3.sml: some content .... with words and symbols

Thanks

nosid · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-05 15:26:23Z

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You can use sed to extract the sort key, sort the lines and remove the sort key with cut:

sed -e 's/^.*[0-9]\{4\}\([0-9]\{4\}\)/\1,&/' |
sort |
cut -d, -f2-

answered May 5, 2013 at 15:26

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Chris F.A. Johnson · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-05 15:30:21Z

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Use the -k option with sort:

sort -t '/' -k5.11

answered May 5, 2013 at 15:30

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