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sort hex numbers of different length from the command line?

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If I have a file of hex numbers of different length e.g. 1F b c How can I sort them from the command line? Linux solutions are welcome, though I'll be using windows and cygwin or gnuwin32. Note: I clearly can't use SORT 'cos that will keep them in that order which is wrong. windows linux command-line cygwin gnuwin32 link|edit edited Feb 16 '11 at 18:50 Nate 9,14262966 asked Feb 16 '11 at 18:39 barlop 378111 84% accept rate

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up vote2down vote	cat thefile | while read line; do printf "%d %s\n" "0x$line" "$line"; done | sort -n | awk '{print $2}' This retains the original upper/lower case of the hexadecimal numbers. link|edit answered Feb 16 '11 at 18:47 Erik 26.1k13769
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