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From: rob@disk.UUCP (Rob Miracle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Now that the smoke had cleared (Honest Mac/IBM questions)
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Date: 31 Dec 89 17:59:24 GMT
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In article <30290@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, srt@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Scott Turner) writes:
> Differing computing paradigms but the same task paradigm.  Rephrase
> the question slightly: How do I take the output from my test program,
> pull out the column of numbers I'm interested in, sort it, and print
> it on my LW?  Not terribly difficult in the PC/Unix world - you just
> string together some tools "test | awk | sort | print" or whatever.
> Nearly impossible on the Mac.

Not so, not so.  In the Mac, you run the test program, take the mouse and
cut the column out, quit the test program and load it into a utility that can
sort and print (Column of numbers and Excel are a likely pair) and paste the
column back in.

Again, this is visual compared to knowing commands.  One requires knowledge one
requires minimal knowledge and a pair of eyes.

Rob (Remember, I hate Mac's for my own use, but I will defend them if the use
is right).

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