Install sshpass

'sshpass' command can be used to provide password runtime while logging into a server over ssh.

                                                Installation 

O/S - Centos 6.5

Download rpm -

wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/sshpass/sshpass-1.05-1.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm

Install -

rpm -ivh sshpass-1.05-1.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm

Run -

sshpass -p 'XXXXX'  ssh username@server.test.com

Linux sort by column number

Sample data : 

# cat flle.txt
1  field1  11
2  field2  40
3  field3  09
4  field4  22


Sort by column 3  ( lowest to highest ) - 

# cat file.txt | sort  -k3
3  field3  09
1  field1  11
4  field4  22
2  field2  40

Sort by column 3  ( highest to lowest ) - 

# cat file.txt | sort  -r -k3
2  field2  40
4  field4  22
1  field1  11
3  field3  09

Thanks