Re: Listing newsgroups alphabetically

Jens Bang (jbang@image.dk)
Tue, 09 Jul 1996 13:31:22 +0100

In article <cuU4x4uYOxtU089yn@stack.urc.tue.nl>,
galactus@stack.urc.tue.nl (Arnoud "Galactus" Engelfriet) wrote:
>A faster way to do it is
>
>sort <newsrc >blep
>ren newsrc newsrc.bk!
>ren blep newsrc
>
>Galactus
>"Why DIY if you can let the computer do the work for you?"

Because I have my newsrc file sorted, with the newsgroup i subscribe to at
the top, to make it easier for myself to edit it. This advantage would
disappear if I use your suggestion.

And then I should add, in all honesty, I hadn't thought of trying. :-)

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