On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 03:42:11PM -0400, Ted Burger wrote: > I hate it when I do stupid things! > > My solution would be to search for a CR TAB and replace it with a PIPE. > > Now do the standard sort. > > Now replace a PIPE with a CR TAB. > > Done
Wasn't going to mention I eventually did just that, but didn't think it was "sporting" when we have a grep option in Sort Lines... In years past I would have fired up awk using the pattern as my match pattern, stuffed it into an array in the action, and sorted and spit it out in END. I used " RETURNTAB " as my line merge marker. There were nearly 400 records in the file which had grown over the past few months. The ecad tool would only add new package descriptions at the end of its file. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Have a feature request? Not sure the software's working correctly? If so, please send mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not to the list. List FAQ: <http://www.barebones.com/support/lists/bbedit_talk.shtml> List archives: <http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditTalk.lasso> To unsubscribe, send mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
