Programmer 7500/MAX_PROGRAMMERS.iso/PASCAL/SORT2.ZIP/SORTHLP.FUN

Text File | 1993-01-04 | 1.3 KB | 24 lines

{ Help message procedure for SORT.PAS }

procedure helpmsg; begin
writeln(' SORT -- Merge and sort multiple text files');
writeln('                    Copyright, 1988, by J. W. Rider ');
writeln(' Syntax :  SORT [options] [<unsorted-file-spec> ... ]');
writeln(' Available options are:');
writeln(' "/r"  -- reverses the sense of the sort.');
writeln(' "/+#" -- sorts the lines from the data in column #.');
writeln(' (a second # defines the last column of the key field.)');
writeln(' "/b"  -- ignores leading blanks (spaces, tabs) in determining ');
writeln('          the key.');
writeln(' "/c"  -- makes the sort case-insensitive ("a"="A").');
writeln(' "/d"  -- ignore non-alphanumerics in comparisons.');
writeln(' "/f"  -- key defined by "awk" fields vice columns.');
writeln(' "/h"  -- displays this help message rather than sort input.');
writeln(' "/k"  -- output sort keys only vice input lines.');
writeln(' "/n"  -- sorts the lines numerically vice alphabetically.');
writeln(' "/u"  -- "unique", eliminates multiple copies of identical lines.');
writeln(' "/tC" -- makes "C" the field delimiter vice tab and space.');
writeln('  If first filename is missing or is "-", reads from standard');
writeln('  input.  Writes to standard output.');
end;