*Consciously* making the decision that your script will no longer be portable...
my $2Cents; -Tom Kinzer -----Original Message----- From: Bryan Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 5:32 PM To: Beginners Perl Subject: Re: sorter script [was: Frustrated newbie question] >> My next Perl task after I get my list of one name per line, is to sort the >> list and eliminate duplicate names. > > I have used the following script to sort and remove duplicate entries in flat > text files. > > http://www.downloaddatabase.com/databasesoftware/db-sorter-script.htm Sometimes perl isn't quite the right tool for the job... % man sort % man uniq - B -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
