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From: chris@mcc.pyrsyd.oz (Chris Robertson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: sort with a tab as separator
Message-ID: <1990Aug22.052738.4487@mcc.pyrsyd.oz>
Date: 22 Aug 90 05:27:38 GMT
References: <1990Aug19.051237.27735@midway.uchicago.edu>
Reply-To: chris@mcc.UUCP (Chris Robertson)
Organization: MCC Software Group
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If your shell munges tabs into spaces, try "sort -t'\08'" -- I just
tried it successfully on a Pyramid in the AT&T universe.  Your
mileage may vary, of course.

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"Down in the dumps?  I TOLD you you'd     |    Chris Robertson
 need two sets..."                        |  chris@mcc.oz