How to sort ignoring digits? (was: Contacts printing)

To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: How to sort ignoring digits? (was: Contacts printing)
From: Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:39:06 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 874pfz7dlh.fsf_-_@gmail.com>
References: <87d4uyg871.fsf@gmail.com> <20071028222210.GC8348@titan.hooton> <873avulsqb.fsf@gmail.com> <20071029012316.GA9191@titan.hooton> <877il6rug9.fsf@gmail.com> <20071029122926.GC6338@titan.hooton> <87pryyc716.fsf@gmail.com> <4727C204.30502@gmail.com> <[🔎] 87lk9dpz5u.fsf@gmail.com> <[🔎] 20071105053414.GA28976@horacrux>

In the documentation of `sort' I couldn't find the possibility of ignoring
digits.  I have a document that contains names and phone numbers and I wish to
sort it by names.  The `-k' option doesn't seem to help because names and
numbers are not in definite fields.

Any help appreciated
Rodolfo

Reply to:

Follow-Ups:
- Re: How to sort ignoring digits? (was: Contacts printing)
  - From: "Russell L. Harris" <rlharris@oplink.net>

References:
- Re: Contacts printing
  - From: Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>
- Re: Contacts printing
  - From: Kevin Mark <kevin.mark@verizon.net>

Prev by Date: Re: List of packages on a Debian / Ubuntu system
Next by Date: hello
Previous by thread: Re: Contacts printing
Next by thread: Re: How to sort ignoring digits? (was: Contacts printing)
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread