Questions tagged [sorting]
Sorting is any process of arranging items according to a certain sequence or into different sets.
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Alpine email client does not sort alphabetically
How can I get the Alpine email client to correctly sort From? I am using Alpine v2.21 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS server. When I attempt to do so for a folder by typing the '$' key and selecting 'F' for 'From'...
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How to sort folders by icons, rather by name of folder?
I created icons that are labelled with numbers, but I would like to name them not by the associated number.
It creates a problem because the icons will be alphabetically sorted and in thus in disorder....
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Powershell script Select sort output by number
The following powershell script outputs a server diskspace report.
Is there a way of sorting the 'Percent' data in either desc or asc order?
[Script]
$computers | ForEach {
$Disks = Get-WMIObject ...
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What order are wifi-networks displayed in windows?
When you open the wifi menu on Windows, the order of the networks seems random. What order are they meant to be in?
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Correctly sort semantic version list using Excel
We use Excel to export summaries/ticket lists from our bug tracker. The column I would like to sort by is the "version" column. We use semantic versioning (https://semver.org) because of ...
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Sort out whose who are still working by date
I have an Excel file with 4 columns: Name, Staff_No, Date_Joined, Date_Left.
My boss wants to know those who are still working.
The output should look: Name, Staff_No, Date_Joined.
Any idea for the ...
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Mac is not sorting by filename correctly (Not a Group By or Arrange By issue)
I've noticed a strange sorting issue on my Mac OS in Finder. I have image files with the following format:
PROJ-202301-General-{random 5 char string}0{maker name}{datetime stamp}{title}.jpg
I have ...
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Keep VBA code working if I run it from a button in another sheet, or replace the code with formula
I'm trying to sort the date in an excel sheet, I want to click on a button to do this, but button is not at the same sheet
I assigned the macro in a button in the same sheet, it worked very well, but ...
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Extract files in order by numbers at end of filename (windows)
I want to use a Windows .bat file to extract a number of files in a folder.
I have files with numbers at the end of filename, just before the extension, and I need to extract them in order of these ...
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Windows 11 File Explorer file name sort order - getting a file to the top
I'm creating an archive of a web site and within each directory (folder) I have a file called !THE_PAGE_TEXT.html which is basically a readme file for that directory's contents.
I want that to appear ...
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Making the VBA code affect a specific range of pages
I have this very simple code
Sub SortByTime()
'
' SortByTime Macro
' Sort by Time
'
' Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+M
'
Range("C4:J43").Select
ActiveWindow.SmallScroll Down:=-36
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UNIX or Linux sort: only sort on the first part of an entry
I'm working on a complicated grep, something like grep -E -i "first|next" *.txt, and I get results like:
logs.10.txt:2022-10-07 10:33:05.6673 | ClassName | [Info] | Inside function first(), ...
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Windows-11 File Sort Command to view all files within subfolders
I used to use a sort command when trying to view all files across a bunch of folders at once. It makes sorting files easier. I do know part of the command was written as not sort kind, I may even have ...
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How do I fix a sorting issue not related to numerical sorting in Windows File Explorer?
I'm familiar with numerical sorting where the issue is a number as a value or a string. I'm asking a different question.
I'd like to sort files in a way such that the file that includes a string after ...
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How can I best reorder data in mixed row/column format into a simple table?
I have (from a CVS file) data in the following format:
The data is a continued list (row by row of comma separated values) where in arbitrary locations columns are inserted or removed. At these ...
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