Sorting text tabular type data

stayler stayler
Mon May 17 11:37:07 PDT 2004


Ah!

Thanks Joel, I'll check the typo!

On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 20:22:47 -0400, Joel Hammer wrote:

>I find there are few tasks involved in editing text files you can't do
>with sed, cut, grep, sort, and tr. When writing a sed script, it is
>important to note that you can have multiline scripts and loops with
>yes/no decisions, making sed almost like a "real" programming language.
>Ignore those fancy one liners. They just cause confusion and awe but don't
>really solve your problem (IMHO).
>Joel



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