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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:33:54 -0700
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Re: sort command question
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> I have found it not reliable in the past (years ago). I would often get a
> perfectly sorted list with the exception of the first item, which would be
> random.
>
> I adapted a bubble sort routine to handle the workaround and haven't tried
> it since.
>

Thanks for the info. I guess I'm going to bang on it a bit more to see if
it will work well enough for my purposes.

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