How the sort command in linux specifies the Tab delimiter

This article mainly introduces the linux sort command how to specify the Tab separator, the article is very detailed, has a certain reference value, interested friends must read it!

The linux sort command specifies the Tab delimiter

The sort command under linux can sort some fields of the text, and the delimiter between the fields is a space by default. If you want to change it to something else, you need to add the parameter-t.

But you still need to pay a little attention to the tab delimiter. For example, the following command:

$sort-t'\ t'- k3meme 3n a.txt > a.sort

Sort: multi-character tab `\ t' (error)

This cannot be sorted by the tab delimiter, but can be sorted in the following two ways

one,

$sort-t $'\ t'- k3jue 3n a.txt > a.sort

two,

$sort-tweev'- k3jue 3n a.txt > a.sort

V means to press both the Ctrl and v keys, then release and press the tab key.

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