Re: sort file without sort first line or first two lines ?

[moonhkt]

On Jan 21, 10:00 pm, Barry Margolin <bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article
> <fda30a91-58d9-4a6c-9b1d-b229c8a66...@t35g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>,
>
>
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>  moonhkt <moon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > How to sort file without sort first line or first two lines ?
>
> > Text file as below
> > MTH    NUM
> > JAN    A      1
> > APR    C
> > FEB    B      1
> > MAR    D      1
>
> > Expect Output
> > MTH    NUM
> > JAN    A      1
> > FEB    B      1
> > APR    C
> > MAR    D      1
>
> { head -1 file; tail -2 file | sort +k 2; } > sortedfile
>
> --
> Barry Margolin, bar...@alum.mit.edu
> Arlington, MA
> *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
> *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***


Tried, Not worked.