sorting data in chronological order debian using the root terminal

[dode]

Hi, am new on this forum could any one please help me out with these. I tried sorting out data sets of packet field header for anomaly detection system using the command
./phad0 700 in3* |sort +0.45 -r >phad1.sim

but i got the error message

sort: open failed: +0.45: no such file or directory

and then decided to creat a directory for +0.45 and re-ran the command, i got another error message saying sort:read failed: +0.45 is a directory

Actually the phad0 is the compiled souce code of phad written in C++, compiled on gcc g++ while the phad1.sim is the file extension for phad0 and in3* is the tcpdump files that i want to sort in chronological order from in31 t0 in37.

thank u.

[robertdaleweir]

Hi dode

I think that the call to sort should read 'sort +0 -45' for it to work. Hope this helps. Cheers...
Robert

[dode]

thank u Robert it worked.
but i still have a little problem on it,
the 700 specified in the command is the time in seconds that i want it to run for, but i discovered that it doesn't run for that time or any other time i specify for it, please do u have a clue on how i can go about it.

[robertdaleweir]

Hi dode
I am not sure about the phad0 function. Sorry. Cheers...
Robert
PS. the +0.45 used to be a valid function within sort but may be deprecated. It is supposed to mean skip 0 rows and 45 characters. Does not work on my system.

[dode]

thank u Robert.

[dode]

Hi,

please thus anyone out there knows how i can go about it, am really stucked.