How to sort a file in unix both alphabetically and numerically on different fields?

Question

Please don\'t think this is a repeat of the \"Sorting alphanumeric data in unix\" question... I looked at the other answers, and think my case is a bit different!

I have

Answer 1

Try using like this:-

sort -k1,1 -k4,4n

• -n : Makes the program sort according to numerical value
• -k opts: Sort data / fields using the given column number. For example, the option -k 2 made the program sort using the second
  column of data. The option -k 3,3n -k 4,4n sorts each column. First
  it will sort 3rd column and then 4th column.