sort question

[Chris Torek]

In article <810056 at hpsemc.HP.COM> gph at hpsemc.HP.COM (Paul Houtz) writes:
>   What unix sort do you use if you have a data file with mixed binary
>and ascii fields? ... (Please don't tell me that it isn't 
>a good idea to mix ascii and binary data in the same file).

Oh well, answer number zero down the tubes. :-)

Anyway, I would write a little filter to de-binarify the file (and
if necessary, another to re-binate it, or perhaps the same one to do
both).  That seems easier than writing a special sorter for it.
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