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I'd like to know if there is a way to use sort (or anything else) to
start sorting based on text that starts at a given column, say column 42.

Thanks!

Mark
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means that the sort key starts with character 42 of field 0 (note: both the
character and field numbers start counting at 0).

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    MN> Hi, I'd like to know if there is a way to use sort (or
    MN> anything else) to start sorting based on text that starts at a
    MN> given column, say column 42.

The answer is yes, which you would have known if you had bothered
reading the manual.

Tom
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               A field  comprises  a  maximal  sequence  of  non-
               separating  characters  and,  in  the  absence  of
               option -t, any preceding field separator.

However, it turns out that there's no restriction on the first_char; this
definition is just used to determine where each field starts.

There are 5 examples in the EXAMPLES section of the man page, but none of
them show how to sort on a specific column, they're all by field.

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