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From: tif@cpe.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: a better sort
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Date: 3 Jan 89 22:51:00 GMT
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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.
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