Bash: tsort with tie-break










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I want to be able to topologically sort a directed graph, but be able to specify the tie-break sort used.



Eg, given:



horse cat
dog cat
elephant cat
cat mouse
mouse snake
dog snake
elephant snake


I would like to sort tie-breaks alphabetically.



tsort gives the following output:



elephant
dog
horse
cat
mouse
snake


I would like:



dog
elephant
horse
cat
mouse
snake


Is there any easy way to force this behaviour? I cannot alter the source list but can manipulate it before applying tsort. The solution must be bash, but I am not wedded to using tsort itself.










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    I want to be able to topologically sort a directed graph, but be able to specify the tie-break sort used.



    Eg, given:



    horse cat
    dog cat
    elephant cat
    cat mouse
    mouse snake
    dog snake
    elephant snake


    I would like to sort tie-breaks alphabetically.



    tsort gives the following output:



    elephant
    dog
    horse
    cat
    mouse
    snake


    I would like:



    dog
    elephant
    horse
    cat
    mouse
    snake


    Is there any easy way to force this behaviour? I cannot alter the source list but can manipulate it before applying tsort. The solution must be bash, but I am not wedded to using tsort itself.










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      I want to be able to topologically sort a directed graph, but be able to specify the tie-break sort used.



      Eg, given:



      horse cat
      dog cat
      elephant cat
      cat mouse
      mouse snake
      dog snake
      elephant snake


      I would like to sort tie-breaks alphabetically.



      tsort gives the following output:



      elephant
      dog
      horse
      cat
      mouse
      snake


      I would like:



      dog
      elephant
      horse
      cat
      mouse
      snake


      Is there any easy way to force this behaviour? I cannot alter the source list but can manipulate it before applying tsort. The solution must be bash, but I am not wedded to using tsort itself.










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      I want to be able to topologically sort a directed graph, but be able to specify the tie-break sort used.



      Eg, given:



      horse cat
      dog cat
      elephant cat
      cat mouse
      mouse snake
      dog snake
      elephant snake


      I would like to sort tie-breaks alphabetically.



      tsort gives the following output:



      elephant
      dog
      horse
      cat
      mouse
      snake


      I would like:



      dog
      elephant
      horse
      cat
      mouse
      snake


      Is there any easy way to force this behaviour? I cannot alter the source list but can manipulate it before applying tsort. The solution must be bash, but I am not wedded to using tsort itself.







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          I assume you want to sort by name the key pair that would have the same topology order.



          In that case, you could simply perform a "standard" sort before tsort.



          sort file | tsort


          The (GNU) version of tsort I'm using doesn't have an option to do that type of sort.






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          • Correct. Is tsort always guaranteed to produce the same output for an alphabetised source list? It seems like it might do that, but by accident rather than design.

            – Gesar
            Nov 15 '18 at 15:04











          • I don't know if this is by design, but that's how I used it and so far so good ;-)

            – oliv
            Nov 15 '18 at 15:11












          • This isn't guaranteed to work (in fact, it doesn't work when I try it). The original input already lists dog cat before elephant cat, but elephant still appeared before dog in the output of tsort.

            – chepner
            Nov 15 '18 at 15:44











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          I assume you want to sort by name the key pair that would have the same topology order.



          In that case, you could simply perform a "standard" sort before tsort.



          sort file | tsort


          The (GNU) version of tsort I'm using doesn't have an option to do that type of sort.






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          • Correct. Is tsort always guaranteed to produce the same output for an alphabetised source list? It seems like it might do that, but by accident rather than design.

            – Gesar
            Nov 15 '18 at 15:04











          • I don't know if this is by design, but that's how I used it and so far so good ;-)

            – oliv
            Nov 15 '18 at 15:11












          • This isn't guaranteed to work (in fact, it doesn't work when I try it). The original input already lists dog cat before elephant cat, but elephant still appeared before dog in the output of tsort.

            – chepner
            Nov 15 '18 at 15:44
















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          I assume you want to sort by name the key pair that would have the same topology order.



          In that case, you could simply perform a "standard" sort before tsort.



          sort file | tsort


          The (GNU) version of tsort I'm using doesn't have an option to do that type of sort.






          share|improve this answer























          • Correct. Is tsort always guaranteed to produce the same output for an alphabetised source list? It seems like it might do that, but by accident rather than design.

            – Gesar
            Nov 15 '18 at 15:04











          • I don't know if this is by design, but that's how I used it and so far so good ;-)

            – oliv
            Nov 15 '18 at 15:11












          • This isn't guaranteed to work (in fact, it doesn't work when I try it). The original input already lists dog cat before elephant cat, but elephant still appeared before dog in the output of tsort.

            – chepner
            Nov 15 '18 at 15:44














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          I assume you want to sort by name the key pair that would have the same topology order.



          In that case, you could simply perform a "standard" sort before tsort.



          sort file | tsort


          The (GNU) version of tsort I'm using doesn't have an option to do that type of sort.






          share|improve this answer













          I assume you want to sort by name the key pair that would have the same topology order.



          In that case, you could simply perform a "standard" sort before tsort.



          sort file | tsort


          The (GNU) version of tsort I'm using doesn't have an option to do that type of sort.







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          • Correct. Is tsort always guaranteed to produce the same output for an alphabetised source list? It seems like it might do that, but by accident rather than design.

            – Gesar
            Nov 15 '18 at 15:04











          • I don't know if this is by design, but that's how I used it and so far so good ;-)

            – oliv
            Nov 15 '18 at 15:11












          • This isn't guaranteed to work (in fact, it doesn't work when I try it). The original input already lists dog cat before elephant cat, but elephant still appeared before dog in the output of tsort.

            – chepner
            Nov 15 '18 at 15:44


















          • Correct. Is tsort always guaranteed to produce the same output for an alphabetised source list? It seems like it might do that, but by accident rather than design.

            – Gesar
            Nov 15 '18 at 15:04











          • I don't know if this is by design, but that's how I used it and so far so good ;-)

            – oliv
            Nov 15 '18 at 15:11












          • This isn't guaranteed to work (in fact, it doesn't work when I try it). The original input already lists dog cat before elephant cat, but elephant still appeared before dog in the output of tsort.

            – chepner
            Nov 15 '18 at 15:44

















          Correct. Is tsort always guaranteed to produce the same output for an alphabetised source list? It seems like it might do that, but by accident rather than design.

          – Gesar
          Nov 15 '18 at 15:04





          Correct. Is tsort always guaranteed to produce the same output for an alphabetised source list? It seems like it might do that, but by accident rather than design.

          – Gesar
          Nov 15 '18 at 15:04













          I don't know if this is by design, but that's how I used it and so far so good ;-)

          – oliv
          Nov 15 '18 at 15:11






          I don't know if this is by design, but that's how I used it and so far so good ;-)

          – oliv
          Nov 15 '18 at 15:11














          This isn't guaranteed to work (in fact, it doesn't work when I try it). The original input already lists dog cat before elephant cat, but elephant still appeared before dog in the output of tsort.

          – chepner
          Nov 15 '18 at 15:44






          This isn't guaranteed to work (in fact, it doesn't work when I try it). The original input already lists dog cat before elephant cat, but elephant still appeared before dog in the output of tsort.

          – chepner
          Nov 15 '18 at 15:44




















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