You have a file named phonenos containing names and telephone numbers. Each line contains the teleph - Answer: a The default action of the sort utility is to sort in ascending order.

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Question: You have a file named phonenos containing names and telephone numbers. Each line contains the telephone number followed by the name. You want to sort the file by telephone number in ascending order. Which of the following commands will accomplish this.
Choose one:

a. sort phonenos
b. sort -c phonenos
c. sort -n phonenos
d. sort -r phonenos

Answer: Answer: a

The default action of the sort utility is to sort in ascending order.

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Question: You have a file named phonenos containing names and telephone numbers. Each line contains the telephone number followed by the name. You want to sort the file by telephone number in ascending order. Which of the following commands will accomplish this.
Choose one:

a. sort phonenos
b. sort -c phonenos
c. sort -n phonenos
d. sort -r phonenos

Answer:

Answer: a

The default action of the sort utility is to sort in ascending order. Source: CoolInterview.com

Correct answer c.
sorting the file based on phone no

sort -n filename
n - for numbers
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