[comp.sources.wanted] a better sort

fred@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Fred Falk) (12/28/88)

Is there something better than "sort" for unix/xenix?  The generic one
tends to be difficult.  Something that allows columns to be defined instead
of fields would be useful (I've seen this for MSDOS).

Thanks,
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Fred Falk
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tif@cpe.UUCP (01/04/89)

Written  9:10 pm  Dec 27, 1988 by killer.UUCP!fred in cpe:comp.sources.w
>Is there something better than "sort" for unix/xenix?  The generic one
>tends to be difficult.  Something that allows columns to be defined instead
>of fields would be useful (I've seen this for MSDOS).

"It's in there!"  Check the doc for the use of the period in the sort command.

			Paul Chamberlain
			Computer Product Engineering, Tandy Corp.
			bellcore!motown!sys1!cpe!tif