sort logfile by timestamp on linux command line

Question

I have a logfile with entries like:

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freeswitch.log:2011-09-08 12:21:07.282236 [ERR] ftdm_queue.c:136 Failed to enqueue obj 0x7f2cda3525c0 in queue 0x         


        

Answer 1

You can try using sort

sort -k1,2 file