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I need a specific alphabetizing program. PLEASE HELP!!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="xstep" data-source="post: 295493" data-attributes="member: 11647"><p>Hmm. Try this.</p><p></p><p>Open the document in Appleworks.</p><p>Select All</p><p>Copy</p><p>Open TextEdit in the Applications folder.</p><p>Paste into the empty document.</p><p>From the Format menu select Make Plain Text.</p><p>Perform a Save AS.</p><p>Name it unsorted.txt</p><p>Open Terminal App in the Applications/Utilities folder.</p><p>Without hitting the return key, type</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"> sort -b -d -f -k 2</p><p>Hit the space bar once.</p><p>Find the unsorted.txt file in the Finder.</p><p>Drag the file icon from the finder to the Terminal window.</p><p>Click on the Terminal window.</p><p>Do not hit return yet.</p><p>Hit the space bar and type</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"> > sorted.txt</p><p>Hit the return key.</p><p>You should now have a file that I think even Appleworks can open that is sorted how you previously described.</p><p></p><p>As Eric has suggested, some people use spreadsheets for this kind of thing. For something this simple that is fine, but if it was more complicated I would say a proper database is the thing to use. Since this is my career, I have certain opinions on when that is required or preferred. I've even seen people use the table feature of MS Word as a database. YUCK!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xstep, post: 295493, member: 11647"] Hmm. Try this. Open the document in Appleworks. Select All Copy Open TextEdit in the Applications folder. Paste into the empty document. From the Format menu select Make Plain Text. Perform a Save AS. Name it unsorted.txt Open Terminal App in the Applications/Utilities folder. Without hitting the return key, type [INDENT] sort -b -d -f -k 2[/INDENT] Hit the space bar once. Find the unsorted.txt file in the Finder. Drag the file icon from the finder to the Terminal window. Click on the Terminal window. Do not hit return yet. Hit the space bar and type [INDENT] > sorted.txt[/INDENT] Hit the return key. You should now have a file that I think even Appleworks can open that is sorted how you previously described. As Eric has suggested, some people use spreadsheets for this kind of thing. For something this simple that is fine, but if it was more complicated I would say a proper database is the thing to use. Since this is my career, I have certain opinions on when that is required or preferred. I've even seen people use the table feature of MS Word as a database. YUCK! [/QUOTE]
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