tommytx 0 Posted October 9, 2010 Can someone tell me the best way to do a simple list(1 column) sort.. I looked at sort on the help file with little to no help.. I can only see a load the items one by one then call sort... Is there a way to sort a file without loading it.. like in a batch file you can "sort test.txt > test_srt.txt" without ever loading it... does autoit have anyting like that.... If there was a load the list into autoit via a load into an array and then sort array would be ok but I do not see a load array... Best would be to sort without loading as i have to save it back out once sorted... Thanks.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
water 2,393 Posted October 9, 2010 Can someone tell me the best way to do a simple list(1 column) sort..I looked at sort on the help file with little to no help..I can only see a load the items one by one then call sort...Is there a way to sort a file without loading it.. like in a batch file you can "sort test.txt > test_srt.txt"without ever loading it... does autoit have anyting like that....If there was a load the list into autoit via a load into an array and then sort array would be ok but I do not see a load array...Best would be to sort without loading as i have to save it back out once sorted... Thanks..If you don't want to load the file into AutoIt then AutoIt can't sort the file.But as the OS offers the sort command use "RUN" and sort the file this way.If you want to load the file into AutoIt I would use _FileReadToArray and then _ArraySort to sort the array. My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs:Active Directory (NEW 2020-10-10 - Version 1.5.2.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX (NEW 2020-12-15 - Version 1.6.3.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX_GUI (2020-06-27 - Version 1.3.2.0) - DownloadOutlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example ScriptsPowerPoint (2017-06-06 - Version 0.0.5.0) - Download - General Help & SupportExcel - Example Scripts - WikiWord - WikiTask Scheduler (2019-12-03 - Version 1.5.1.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiTutorials:ADO - Wiki, WebDriver - Wiki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrewManNH 1,305 Posted October 9, 2010 Is there a way to sort a file without loading it.. like in a batch file you can "sort test.txt > test_srt.txt"without ever loading it... does autoit have anyting like that....What makes you think the the Sort command in Windows doesn't load the file? If that were true, then there wouldn't be a memory command line switch for the Sort command. There's no magic involved, the file has to be loaded so that the program can operate on it. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way!I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from.Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tvern 11 Posted October 9, 2010 But I do not see a load array...Does _FileReadToArray() load the file the way you want? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites