I may be a little dense, but how does this > > ... | sort -4 -3 -2 -1 | ... > Differ from ... | sort -4;-1 |...?
Or this: > > ... | sort ws . substr -4 of substr w1 of af 1 > substr -3 of substr w1 of af 1 > substr -2 of substr w1 of af 1 > substr -1 of substr w1 of af 1 | ... > Differ from ... | sort ws . substr -4;-1 of substr w1 of af 1 | ...? Could you post a small example of the data being sorted? It might help us in coming up with some bizarre ways of sorting the data :) Regards, Richard Schuh
