Syntax: fsort -c#:# [-c#:#] [-c#:#] [-c#:#] [-c#:#] [-m#:#] [-fl] [infile [outfile]] "c" must be either "a"(ascending) or "d"(descending) This routine will sort up to five sublevels. -c#:# = sort first by columns # to #. -c#:# = then sort by columns # to #. ... -fl = treat first line as special, no sorting. -m#:# = change columns # to # from a char. date (05SEP92) to a numeric date (9200905) before sorting. Example: fsort -a1:10 -d22:30 input.list > out.dat