‘Sort’ command #7 – HackerRank Solution

In this post, we will solve ‘Sort’ command #7 HackerRank Solution. This problem (‘Sort’ command #7) is a part of Linux Shell series.

Task

You are given a file of pipe-delimited weather data (TSV). There is no header column in this data file. The first five columns of this data are: (a) the name of the city (b) the average monthly temperature in Jan (in Fahreneit). (c) the average monthly temperature in April (in Fahreneit). (d) the average monthly temperature in July (in Fahreneit). (e) the average monthly temperature in October (in Fahreneit).

You need to sort this file in descending order of the second column (i.e. the average monthly temperature in January).

Input Format

A text file with multiple lines of pipe-delimited data. The first five fields have been explained above

Output Format

Sort the data in descending order of the average monthly temperature in January.

Sample Input

Albany, N.Y.|22.2|46.6|71.1|49.3|38.60|136|64.4|57
Albuquerque, N.M.|35.7|55.6|78.5|57.3|9.47|60|11.0|64
Anchorage, Alaska|15.8|36.3|58.4|34.1|16.08|115|70.8|39 / 60
Asheville, N.C.|35.8|54.1|73.0|55.2|47.07|126|15.3|39
Atlanta, Ga.|42.7|61.6|80.0|62.8|50.20|115|2.1|69 / 65
Atlantic City, N.J.|32.1|50.6|75.3|55.1|40.59|113|16.2|60 / 54
Austin, Texas|50.2|68.3|84.2|70.6|33.65|85|0.9|62 / 58
Baltimore, Md.|32.3|53.2|76.5|55.4|41.94|115|21.5|53
Baton Rouge, La.|50.1|66.6|81.7|68.1|63.08|110|0.2|52 / 46
Billings, Mont.|24.0|46.1|72.0|48.1|14.77|96|56.9|69
Birmingham, Ala.|42.6|61.3|80.2|62.9|53.99|117|1.5|60
Bismarck, N.D.|10.2|43.3|70.4|45.2|16.84|96|44.3|64
Boise, Idaho|30.2|50.6|74.7|52.8|12.19|89|20.6|64
Boston, Mass.|29.3|48.3|73.9|54.1|42.53|127|42.8|52 / 66
Bridgeport, Conn.|29.9|48.9|74.0|54.7|44.15|119|26.2|55 / 49

Sample Output

Austin, Texas|50.2|68.3|84.2|70.6|33.65|85|0.9|62 / 58
Baton Rouge, La.|50.1|66.6|81.7|68.1|63.08|110|0.2|52 / 46
Atlanta, Ga.|42.7|61.6|80.0|62.8|50.20|115|2.1|69 / 65
Birmingham, Ala.|42.6|61.3|80.2|62.9|53.99|117|1.5|60
Asheville, N.C.|35.8|54.1|73.0|55.2|47.07|126|15.3|39
Albuquerque, N.M.|35.7|55.6|78.5|57.3|9.47|60|11.0|64
Baltimore, Md.|32.3|53.2|76.5|55.4|41.94|115|21.5|53
Atlantic City, N.J.|32.1|50.6|75.3|55.1|40.59|113|16.2|60 / 54
Boise, Idaho|30.2|50.6|74.7|52.8|12.19|89|20.6|64
Bridgeport, Conn.|29.9|48.9|74.0|54.7|44.15|119|26.2|55 / 49
Boston, Mass.|29.3|48.3|73.9|54.1|42.53|127|42.8|52 / 66
Billings, Mont.|24.0|46.1|72.0|48.1|14.77|96|56.9|69
Albany, N.Y.|22.2|46.6|71.1|49.3|38.60|136|64.4|57
Anchorage, Alaska|15.8|36.3|58.4|34.1|16.08|115|70.8|39 / 60
Bismarck, N.D.|10.2|43.3|70.4|45.2|16.84|96|44.3|64

Explanation

The data has been sorted in descending order of the average monthly temperature in January (i.e, the second column).

Solution – ‘Sort’ command #7 – HackerRank Solution

#The data has been sorted in descending order of the average monthly temperature in January (i.e, the second column). 
sort -k2 -n -r -t '|'

Note: This problem (‘Sort’ command #7) is generated by HackerRank but the solution is provided by CodingBroz. This tutorial is only for Educational and Learning purpose.