awk how to sort within a row from left to right within row?
I have a project I am using awk to try to resolve. I'm new to awk and still learning. I know you can write functions in awk but I'm not exaxtly sure how to do it. I have a large datafile with xml type tags. Each row refers to a unique item and contains a different number of attribute fields. I need to sort the rows based on numbered tags in that row from lowest to highest and remove duplicates. Is it possible to do this within each row using awk??
RAW DATA
,< 1>KWIKSET,< 4a>PRIVACY,< 7>KNOB,< 8b>SATIN,< 8c>CHROME,< 2>TYLO,< 4a>PRIVACY,< 8b>SATIN,< 8c>CHROME
,< 1>KWIKSET,< 8c>BRASS,< 8b>POLISHED
DESIRED OUTPUT
,< 1>KWIKSET,< 2>PASS,< 2>TYLO,< 5a>RIGHT,,< 7>KNOB< 8c>BRASS
,< 1>KWIKSET,< 2>TYLO,< 4a>PRIVACY,< 7>KNOB,< 8b>SATIN,< 8c>CHROME
,< 1>KWIKSET,< 8b>POLISHED,< 8c>BRASS
awk sort
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I have a project I am using awk to try to resolve. I'm new to awk and still learning. I know you can write functions in awk but I'm not exaxtly sure how to do it. I have a large datafile with xml type tags. Each row refers to a unique item and contains a different number of attribute fields. I need to sort the rows based on numbered tags in that row from lowest to highest and remove duplicates. Is it possible to do this within each row using awk??
RAW DATA
,< 1>KWIKSET,< 4a>PRIVACY,< 7>KNOB,< 8b>SATIN,< 8c>CHROME,< 2>TYLO,< 4a>PRIVACY,< 8b>SATIN,< 8c>CHROME
,< 1>KWIKSET,< 8c>BRASS,< 8b>POLISHED
DESIRED OUTPUT
,< 1>KWIKSET,< 2>PASS,< 2>TYLO,< 5a>RIGHT,,< 7>KNOB< 8c>BRASS
,< 1>KWIKSET,< 2>TYLO,< 4a>PRIVACY,< 7>KNOB,< 8b>SATIN,< 8c>CHROME
,< 1>KWIKSET,< 8b>POLISHED,< 8c>BRASS
awk sort
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I have a project I am using awk to try to resolve. I'm new to awk and still learning. I know you can write functions in awk but I'm not exaxtly sure how to do it. I have a large datafile with xml type tags. Each row refers to a unique item and contains a different number of attribute fields. I need to sort the rows based on numbered tags in that row from lowest to highest and remove duplicates. Is it possible to do this within each row using awk??
RAW DATA
,< 1>KWIKSET,< 4a>PRIVACY,< 7>KNOB,< 8b>SATIN,< 8c>CHROME,< 2>TYLO,< 4a>PRIVACY,< 8b>SATIN,< 8c>CHROME
,< 1>KWIKSET,< 8c>BRASS,< 8b>POLISHED
DESIRED OUTPUT
,< 1>KWIKSET,< 2>PASS,< 2>TYLO,< 5a>RIGHT,,< 7>KNOB< 8c>BRASS
,< 1>KWIKSET,< 2>TYLO,< 4a>PRIVACY,< 7>KNOB,< 8b>SATIN,< 8c>CHROME
,< 1>KWIKSET,< 8b>POLISHED,< 8c>BRASS
awk sort
I have a project I am using awk to try to resolve. I'm new to awk and still learning. I know you can write functions in awk but I'm not exaxtly sure how to do it. I have a large datafile with xml type tags. Each row refers to a unique item and contains a different number of attribute fields. I need to sort the rows based on numbered tags in that row from lowest to highest and remove duplicates. Is it possible to do this within each row using awk??
RAW DATA
,< 1>KWIKSET,< 4a>PRIVACY,< 7>KNOB,< 8b>SATIN,< 8c>CHROME,< 2>TYLO,< 4a>PRIVACY,< 8b>SATIN,< 8c>CHROME
,< 1>KWIKSET,< 8c>BRASS,< 8b>POLISHED
DESIRED OUTPUT
,< 1>KWIKSET,< 2>PASS,< 2>TYLO,< 5a>RIGHT,,< 7>KNOB< 8c>BRASS
,< 1>KWIKSET,< 2>TYLO,< 4a>PRIVACY,< 7>KNOB,< 8b>SATIN,< 8c>CHROME
,< 1>KWIKSET,< 8b>POLISHED,< 8c>BRASS
awk sort
awk sort
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