[SOLVED] Linux sort by column and in reverse order

Issue

I'm trying to sort a file by second column, but in reverse order. I tried:

sort -k2n -r file.txt

The output is not in reverse order, so it seems -r is being ignored. I'm in CentOS.

Solution

I just needed to remove the "n" next to column number:

sort -k 2 -r file.txt

Answered By - Oscar Miranda

Answer Checked By - Pedro (WPSolving Volunteer)