Re: How to sort ignoring digits? (was: Contacts printing)

2007-11-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 12:48:31PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 03:42:33PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > >> >> > In the documentation of `sort' I couldn't find the possibility of > >> >> > ignoring digits. I have a document that contains names and phone > >> >> > numb

Re: How to sort ignoring digits? (was: Contacts printing)

2007-11-09 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071109 05:56]: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 03:42:33PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > >> > >> Here are a few lines from the file: > >> > >> 3938269241 320192481 Stan Laurel > >> 3939424701 0815605311 Oliver Hardy > >> 800151611 800822051 Harpo Marx > >> ABC Tr

Re: How to sort ignoring digits? (was: Contacts printing)

2007-11-09 Thread Rodolfo Medina
On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 03:42:33PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> >> > In the documentation of `sort' I couldn't find the possibility of >> >> > ignoring digits. I have a document that contains names and phone >> >> > numbers and I wish to sort it by names. The `-k' option doesn't seem >> >> >

Re: How to sort ignoring digits? (was: Contacts printing)

2007-11-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 03:42:33PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071106 06:42]: > > >> > In the documentation of `sort' I couldn't find the possibility of > >> > ignoring > >> > digits. I have a document that contains names and phone numbers and I > >> > wish

Re: How to sort ignoring digits? (was: Contacts printing)

2007-11-08 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071106 06:42]: >> > In the documentation of `sort' I couldn't find the possibility of ignoring >> > digits. I have a document that contains names and phone numbers and I >> > wish to sort it by names. The `-k' option doesn't seem to help because >> > names and

Re: How to sort ignoring digits? (was: Contacts printing)

2007-11-06 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 07:43:29AM -0600, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071106 06:42]: > > In the documentation of `sort' I couldn't find the possibility of ignoring > > digits. I have a document that contains names and phone numbers and I wish > > to > > sort i

Re: How to sort ignoring digits? (was: Contacts printing)

2007-11-06 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071106 06:42]: > In the documentation of `sort' I couldn't find the possibility of ignoring > digits. I have a document that contains names and phone numbers and I wish to > sort it by names. The `-k' option doesn't seem to help because names and > numbers ar

How to sort ignoring digits? (was: Contacts printing)

2007-11-06 Thread Rodolfo Medina
In the documentation of `sort' I couldn't find the possibility of ignoring digits. I have a document that contains names and phone numbers and I wish to sort it by names. The `-k' option doesn't seem to help because names and numbers are not in definite fields. Any help appreciated Rodolfo --

Re: Contacts printing

2007-11-04 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 08:51:25PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 01:12:06PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > >>> I wish a way to print the > >>> Contacts (about 300) that I have stored in a directory, one per file. > > > > Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Re: Contacts printing

2007-11-04 Thread Rodolfo Medina
On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 01:12:06PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >>> I wish a way to print the >>> Contacts (about 300) that I have stored in a directory, one per file. Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I think you just need to write a script in your favorite language

Re: Contacts printing

2007-10-30 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Rodolfo Medina wrote: On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 01:12:06PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: I wish a way to print the Contacts (about 300) that I have stored in a directory, one per file. Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I think you just need to write a script in your favorite langu

Re: Contacts printing

2007-10-29 Thread Ken Irving
On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 05:41:21PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > Then, as I see it, you have two choices: > > 1.Take the opportunity to learn Python. > > 2.Cat the files together from the command line. > > Easiest way is to put them all in one directory (with nothing >

Re: Contacts printing

2007-10-29 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 03:47:01PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 01:12:06PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > >> >>> I wish a way to print the > >> >>> Contacts (about 300) that I have stored in a directory, one per file. > Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >

Re: Contacts printing

2007-10-29 Thread Rodolfo Medina
On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 01:12:06PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> >>> I wish a way to print the >> >>> Contacts (about 300) that I have stored in a directory, one per file. Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> I think you just need to write a script in your favorite language to

Re: Contacts printing

2007-10-29 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 01:12:06PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>> I wish a way to print the > >>> Contacts (about 300) that I have stored in a directory, one per file. > > "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> I think you just ne

Re: Contacts printing

2007-10-29 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> I managed to sync my mobile phone to the PC with opensync, so I copied the >> Contacts into the file system. >> >> Then I fetched them with Evolution, but I don't like the way it prints them >> out, and it doesn't seem to be customizable. Raj Kiran Grandhi <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: Contacts printing

2007-10-29 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> I wish a way to print the >>> Contacts (about 300) that I have stored in a directory, one per file. "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I think you just need to write a script in your favorite language to >> parse the files and format

Re: Contacts printing

2007-10-28 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Rodolfo Medina wrote: I managed to sync my mobile phone to the PC with opensync, so I copied the Contacts into the file system. Then I fetched them with Evolution, but I don't like the way it prints them out, and it doesn't seem to be customizable. If you imported the contacts into evolution,

Re: Contacts printing

2007-10-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 12:33:32AM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 11:56:02PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > >> I managed to sync my mobile phone to the PC with opensync, so I copied the > >> Contacts into the file system. > >> > >> Then I fetched them with Evolution, but

Re: Contacts printing

2007-10-28 Thread John Hasler
> , so the major problem would be sorting: how to sort whole items like > that? What are the filenames? > *Is* it possible, and any idea of how? Of course it is possible. I'd put them in a database. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: Contacts printing

2007-10-28 Thread Rodolfo Medina
On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 11:56:02PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> I managed to sync my mobile phone to the PC with opensync, so I copied the >> Contacts into the file system. >> >> Then I fetched them with Evolution, but I don't like the way it prints them >> out, and it doesn't seem to be custo

Re: Contacts printing

2007-10-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 11:56:02PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I managed to sync my mobile phone to the PC with opensync, so I copied the > Contacts into the file system. > > Then I fetched them with Evolution, but I don't like the way it prints them > out, and it doesn't seem to be customizabl

Contacts printing

2007-10-28 Thread Rodolfo Medina
I managed to sync my mobile phone to the PC with opensync, so I copied the Contacts into the file system. Then I fetched them with Evolution, but I don't like the way it prints them out, and it doesn't seem to be customizable. If anyone out there has experience with the matter, I wish a way to pr