On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:20:48 -0800, Frank Yaeger wrote: > >For the example input, SORTOUT would have: > >005.226.019.008 >133.032.227.001 > Be very careful! I tried something similar with some TCP/IP UNIX command a while back; just to get the columns to line up vertically. Ouch! The command assumed, after venerable UNIX tradition, that any number beginning with a '0' is Base 8!
Terrible convention. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html