If you only want it sorted by author, you could use BBEdit. But if you might even slightly want to sort it by something else I'd use a grep search to turn it into a csv file and open it in Excel/Numbers and sort it there.
James Reynolds https://magnusviri.com > On Nov 4, 2024, at 09:35, Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have multiple records in a text file in the format below (seven sample > records shown). I want to sort all of them by Author and then, within Author, > Created At. In a record, the first four lines are always just one line; > however, the fifth line (Comment) can be up to 30-40 lines, possibly more). > > Is this something that BBEdit can do? If it is, how can I do it? > > Howard > ______________________________________________________________________________ > > Annotation 1: > Created at: 2024-10-30 08:02 > Author: Arthur Antique > Type: Reply > Comment: Lorem ipsum odor amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Quisque fusce > placerat rutrum fusce; purus mollis nulla lobortis. Vivamus faucibus mi > neque; a pretium elementum ut suscipit rutrum. Enim sapien et rutrum dictum > elit habitasse porta. “Ipsum euismod fermentum facilisis quisque eu ut > elementum diam.” > > Annotation 2: > Created at: 2024-10-30 08:02 > Author: Alice Underhill > Type: Reply > Comment: Lorem ipsum odor amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. “Interdum > dictumst maecenas lacinia parturient per dignissim etiam quis.” > > Annotation 3: > Created at: 2024-10-31 19:15 > Author: Andy Absence > Type: Annotation > Comment: Lorem ipsum odor amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Interdum > dictumst maecenas lacinia parturient per dignissim etiam quis. Asapien > hendrerit curae; eu malesuada imperdiet et. Lectus taciti curabitur auctor > sodales placerat. Mus consequat amet ornare ridiculus mi et ipsum. Nullam est > urna interdum nunc ultricies efficitur tellus. > > Annotation 4: > Created at: 2024-10-31 19:15 > Author: Andy Absence > Type: Page note > Comment: Lorem ipsum odor amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Interdum > dictumst maecenas lacinia parturient per dignissim etiam quis. Asapien > hendrerit curae; eu malesuada imperdiet et. Lectus taciti curabitur auctor > sodales placerat. Mus consequat amet ornare ridiculus mi et ipsum. Nullam est > urna interdum nunc ultricies efficitur tellus. > > Annotation 5: > Created at: 2024-10-31 19:15 > Author: Andy Absence > Type: Annotation > Comment: Lorem ipsum odor amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Interdum > dictumst maecenas lacinia parturient per dignissim etiam quis. Asapien > hendrerit curae; eu malesuada imperdiet et. Lectus taciti curabitur auctor > sodales placerat. Mus consequat amet ornare ridiculus mi et ipsum. Nullam est > urna interdum nunc ultricies efficitur tellus. > > Annotation 6: > Created at: 2024-11-03 19:15 > Author: Audrey Afterall > Type: Page note > Comment: Lorem ipsum odor amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Interdum > dictumst maecenas lacinia parturient per dignissim etiam quis. Asapien > hendrerit curae; eu malesuada imperdiet et. Lectus taciti curabitur auctor > sodales placerat. Mus consequat amet ornare ridiculus mi et ipsum. Nullam est > urna interdum nunc ultricies efficitur tellus. > > Annotation 7: > Created at: 2024-11-03 22:51 > Author: Audrey Afterall > Type: Annotation > Comment: Lorem ipsum odor amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Interdum > dictumst maecenas lacinia parturient per dignissim etiam quis. Asapien > hendrerit curae; eu malesuada imperdiet et. > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature > request or believe that the application isn't working correctly, please email > "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Mastodon: > <https://mastodon.social/@bbedit> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/2ca662c0-b506-4a1d-adff-71ebf139178an%40googlegroups.com. -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or believe that the application isn't working correctly, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Mastodon: <https://mastodon.social/@bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/4B7ADCD0-AD88-47B9-9D29-FBF55304004A%40gmail.com.
