| User: editor -- 2010-02-20 |
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| Type: Advanced search and replace |
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| Description: |
| How to sort the lines in a text files by the order of length? I have a text file that has many lines with different number of characters, how to sort them by the order of the length? The shorter line will be in the front of the longer line. |
| Input Sample: |
| replace search test application parse utilities |
| Output Sample: |
| test parse search replace utilities application |
| Answer: |
| Hint: You need to Download and install "Replace Pioneer" to finish following steps. |
| 1. Add a number in the front of each line, indicating the length of the line. (1) ctrl-o open source text file (2) ctrl-h open replace dialog * set 'Replace Unit' to Line * fill following in 'Replace with Pattern': (3) click 'Replace', the number is added in the front of each line. 2. Sort the lines (4) ctrl-h open 'Replace' dialog (5) fill following in 'Replace with pattern' window: (6) click 'Replace', text is sorted 3. Remove the numbers (7) ctrl-h open 'Replace' window * set 'Replace Unit' to 'Lines' * set 'Replace with Pattern' to: (8) click 'Replace', number removed (9) ctrl-s save to file. |
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