Oh, I forgot to respond. > This is not really what you are asking for. But when I need this > functionality I do it in the shell. Here is an example. I am not > particular about the exact type of non-ordered output. > > seq 1 20 > /tmp/datafile > > for i in $(<datafile); do echo $RANDOM $i; done \ > | sort -n | sed 's/^[0-9][0-9]* //' > > A friend introduced me to that trick a few years ago and I have been > using it ever since. $RANDOM is a ksh/bash specific feature. It is > not POSIX but is widely available.
Knowing about $RANDOM is useful, thanks. > > 3. Is there a way to subscribe to this mailing list? > > You can do it with a single line cut and paste command. > > echo subscribe | mailx -s request [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The -request part is a very important part of that command. Thanks. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Frederik Eaton http://ofb.net/~frederik/ _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
