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     NAME
	  Sort - Sort a	file

     Synopsis
	  Sort FROM <file> TO <file> <start col> <for width> <case
	  sensitive>

     DESCRIPTION
	  Sort attempts	to remedy the defects of the AmigaDOS sort
	  command.  It sorts text files, and you may specify, using
	  the CASE keyword, whether or not the sort is case sensitive.
	  The default is to ignore case.  You may specify a column to
	  start	sorting	at, and/or the number of characters per	line
	  to examine during the	sort (the width).  Unlike the AmigaDOS
	  sort command,	this program is	quite fast even	for very large
	  files, and it	will not crash the Amiga if your file is too
	  large	to sort, it simply informs you that it cannot sort
	  your file. This is not likely	to happen, since Sort can
	  handle most files that will fit into the memory of the
	  computer.

     Example
	  list >listfile

	  sort listfile	colstart 32

	  Gives	a listing of all files sorted by time (i.e., from the
	  earliest to the latest).



























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