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How do I sort a file by date in mm/dd/yyyy on my Linux server?

The Linux sort command can sort a file however you’d like. If, for example, your file has the date in mm/dd/yyyy format in the first field, you can use the following:

sort -n -t”/” -k3 -k1 -k2

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