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| Msort |
| Computer languages | C + |
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| Documentation note | User manual included and available in PDF format from http://billposer.org/Software/msort.html |
| Full description | Msort sorts files in sophisticated ways. R … Msort sorts files in sophisticated ways. Records may be fixed size, newline-separated blocks, or terminated by any specified character. Key fields may be selected by position, tag, or character range. For each key, distinct exclusions, multigraphs, substitutions, and a sort order may be defined or locale collation rules used. Comparisons may be lexicographic, numeric, numeric string, hybrid, random, by string length, angle, date, time, month name, or ISO8601 timestamp. Keys may be reversed so as to generate reverse dictionaries. Optional keys are supported. Unicode is supported, including full case-folding. Msort itself has a somewhat complex command line interface, but may be driven by an optional GUI. ace, but may be driven by an optional GUI. |
| Homepage URL | http://billposer.org/Software/msort.html + |
| Interface | command-line + |
| Is GNU | false + |
| Keywords | regex + , string + , length + , position + , record + , key + , matching + , tag + , sorting + , field + , order + , multigraph + |
| Last review by | Janet Casey + |
| Last review date | 1 December 2007 + |
| License | GPLv3 + |
| License verified by | Deborah Nicholson + |
| License verified date | 12 June 2008 + |
| Name | msort + |
| Real name | Bill Poser + |
| Related projects | Textutils + |
| Resource URL | mailto:billposer@alum.mit.edu + |
| Resource audience | Bug Tracking + , Developer + , Support + |
| Resource kind | E-mail + |
| Revisionid | 2,394 + |
| Revisiontimestamp | 12 April 2011 13:16:35 + |
| Revisionuser | WikiSysop + |
| Role | Maintainer + |
| Short description | Sophisticated and flexible sort program + |
| Submitted by | Database conversion + |
| Submitted date | 1 April 2011 + |
| Text-creation | word-processing + |
| Use | text-creation + |
| User level | none + |
| Version comment | 8.24 stable released 2006-05-07 |
| Version date | 28 May 2008 + |
| Version download | http://billposer.org/Software/Downloads/msort.tar.gz + |
| Version identifier | 8.46 + |
| Version status | stable + |
| Works-with | text + |
| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 24 May 2012 23:26:35 + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Entry + |
| EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki. | billposer@alum.mit.edu + |
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