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

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.

This should work:

sort -t "," -k1,1 -k2n,2 file

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