Re: sorting tables with headers

2004-04-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Thorvaldur Gunnlaugsson wrote: > It is not a bug but would be a valuable improovment. > People like to store data in tables with headers > but when it comes to sorting, the headers are in the way. > sort --header=2 should just pass the first two lines right on. > --skip-header=2 ignore the first

sorting tables with headers

2004-04-07 Thread Thorvaldur Gunnlaugsson
It is not a bug but would be a valuable improovment. People like to store data in tables with headers but when it comes to sorting, the headers are in the way. sort --header=2 should just pass the first two lines right on. --skip-header=2 ignore the first two lines. Linux just needs to be a litt