From 945af4bc70bf3d06040453dc38870281e763e041 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hall <michael@mbh.sh>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 04:30:39 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] sort: add multiple columns example (#13094)

---
 pages/common/sort.md | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pages/common/sort.md b/pages/common/sort.md
index e67cba248..f4bf1169a 100644
--- a/pages/common/sort.md
+++ b/pages/common/sort.md
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 
 `sort --field-separator={{:}} --key={{3n}} {{/etc/passwd}}`
 
+- As above, but when items in the 3rd field are equal, sort by the 4th field by numbers with exponents:
+
+`sort -t {{:}} -k {{3,3n}} -k {{4,4g}} {{/etc/passwd}}`
+
 - Sort a file preserving only unique lines:
 
 `sort --unique {{path/to/file}}`
@@ -30,7 +34,3 @@
 - Sort a file, printing the output to the specified output file (can be used to sort a file in-place):
 
 `sort --output={{path/to/file}} {{path/to/file}}`
-
-- Sort numbers with exponents:
-
-`sort --general-numeric-sort {{path/to/file}}`