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I need a specific alphabetizing program. PLEASE HELP!!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="xstep" data-source="post: 294276" data-attributes="member: 11647"><p>This problem might be solvable with the following terminal line.</p><p></p><p> sort -b -d -f -t '( |.)' -k 2 yourfile.txt > newfile.txt</p><p></p><p>Save your file as a plain text file in your home directory. If you need to, go through TextEdit if Appleworks can't save a plain text file, but some else.</p><p></p><p>Open the Terminal app found in the Utilities folder.</p><p></p><p>Type the above command I gave you replacing 'yourfile' with the name you saved to.</p><p></p><p>Anything more complicated will have to wait til next week.</p><p></p><p>If some of the sorting doesn't work as expected, you'll have to mail me, via the forums mail, sample records.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xstep, post: 294276, member: 11647"] This problem might be solvable with the following terminal line. sort -b -d -f -t '( |.)' -k 2 yourfile.txt > newfile.txt Save your file as a plain text file in your home directory. If you need to, go through TextEdit if Appleworks can't save a plain text file, but some else. Open the Terminal app found in the Utilities folder. Type the above command I gave you replacing 'yourfile' with the name you saved to. Anything more complicated will have to wait til next week. If some of the sorting doesn't work as expected, you'll have to mail me, via the forums mail, sample records. [/QUOTE]
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