How to sort a file containing names with a script? [duplicate]

Question

Assuming I have a file called "students" containing this:

NEWTON Isaac
MAXWELL James
EDISON Thomas
TESLA Nikola

how I am supposed to sort these names with a bash script in shell ? Do I need to use a delimiter with carriage return ? Will this support accentuated characters ?

Thanks for your time.

On SO we do encourage people to add their efforts in their post, kindly do so and let us know then. — RavinderSingh13
– RavinderSingh13, Commented Sep 23, 2019 at 13:25
sort based on first name or last name ? Please give details of the expected output — LearningToCode
– LearningToCode, Commented Sep 23, 2019 at 13:26
Unclear what your problem is. The sort command with no options should do exactly what you are asking. — tripleee
– tripleee, Commented Sep 23, 2019 at 13:27

Bayou · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-23 13:29:58Z

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You can make use of the sort function.

$ cat stud.txt
NEWTON Isaac
MAXWELL James
EDISON Thomas
TESLA Nikola
$ sort stud.txt
EDISON Thomas
MAXWELL James
NEWTON Isaac
TESLA Nikola

To sort on last name, use the -k option.

$ sort -k 2 stud.txt
NEWTON Isaac
MAXWELL James
TESLA Nikola
EDISON Thomas

answered Sep 23, 2019 at 13:29

Bayou

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