Randall R Schulz wrote:
David, Istvan,
On Wednesday 21 December 2005 06:51, David A. Parker wrote:
Hello,
I'm not sure how you would do it in OpenOffice, but if it is just a plain text file you can use sort:
cat filename | sort
Again with the gratuitous piping and redundant processes.
Sort takes file name arguments. It also has an in-place sorting option, if you like.
The sort man page has all the options.
Yes. And "apropos" / "man -k" can help lead a user to the functionality they seek.
- Dave Parker
On Wednesday 21 December 2005 06:48, Istvan Gabor wrote:
Can I do it in openoffice writer? How?
Yes. In the "Tools" menu is a "Sort..." command which activates a dialog that allows you to specify how you want to sort the file. It does not appear nearly as functional as the Gnu "sort" utility, but it may serve your needs.
Randall Schulz
My apologies for the unnecessary pipe, I wasn't thinking. Have I done this before? I just ask because you saud "Again...". - Dave -- Dave Parker Utica College Department of Integrated Information Technology Services Data Processing Office (315) 792-3229