12-14-2007
@shamrock
Well, we learn new things every day - I didn't know that we could pipe out stuff to external programs - within awk!
@Trellot
Glad that the solution works for you. Just my 2c - avoid doing formatting before data processing. You are first formatting (using printf) and then processing the formatted data (using sort). Tommorrow if you change your formatting printf, you will be forced to change your sort routine too.
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