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- |command:SORT (with options) |
- |use:SORT puts lines from a specified file into a particular order. |
- |how:Type: "SORT < file.ext" = Sorted file will be displayed on scrn. |
- | "SORT /R <file.ext"=REVERSE sorted file to screen. |
- | "SORT+n < file.ext"=Sort by character in col.n(number).* |
- | "SORT < file.ext > sortedfile.ext=Sorts file.ext,then puts |
- | data in sortedfile.ext. |
- | "SORT < file.ext >> sortedfile.ext=Sorts file.ext, then |
- | APPENDS sorted data to EXISTING sortedfile.ext. |
- | "SORT < CON > file.ext=Sorts as you type data on keyboard, |
- | then places sorted data into file.ext. |
- | "SORT /R+n < file.ext"=Sort in reverse by col.n.* |
- | ANY OF THE ABOVE COMMANDS CAN BE INSERTED IN A BATCH FILE |
- | |
- | N-O-T-E:Since SORT is a filter it gets its data via redirection < .|
- | *column n=1-80 [look at the ASCII text, count from the left].Sort |
- | is by ASCII preference [#$%&'()*+0 1-9 :;<=>?@ A-Z [\]^ a-z{|},etc]|
- | Tips:DIR|SORT > PRN [prints DIR] & DIR|SORT > DIRECT.LST [stores |
- | in a file of your choice]. |
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