REFSORT.COM
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                           Copyright 1986 Carl M. Tootle

              This  is  an  extension  of  my   line-sorting  program,
          LINESORT.COM,  which alphabetically sorts ASCII input  on  a
          line-by-line basis.  This program was written in response to
          the need  to sort document references longer than one line. 
          A single reference may be up to ten lines of up to 255 bytes
          each.  All  references  must  be  in  an  ASCII  text  file,
          single-spaced and with a blank line between each reference. 

              The first  line  of  each reference is the sort key, and
          leading  spaces  or  tabs  are ignored.  The sort  is  on  a
          case-INsensitive basis, and each reference is written to  an
          ASCII  output  file  in  sorted  order.    Input  files  and
          output  files  are specified as command-line parameters:

                  refsort <drive:>input.fil <drive:>output.fil

              Sorting proceeds in memory, if possible, and if not then
          disk  space  is automatically used.  This is the  Turbo-Sort
          tool   distributed  by  Borland   International   with   the
          Turbo-Pascal compiler, and  is  a  QuickSort  algorithm.  It
          requires PLENTY of empty disk space (and more  time)  as the
          size of the input file increases. 

              The  object  file was compiled with C200 hex as the  end
          address, so  the program should run on most CP/M computers. 
          The GINST Turbo Tool is provided  for  terminal installation
          if desired (without installation, REFSORT.COM is for Kaypros
          with hilite).   To  install,  put all files on disk and type
          REFSINST at the A> prompt; see the file  INSTALL.DOC for the
          details. 

              I am interested in any comments:

              Carl M. Tootle
              33 North Stone Ave., #1220
              Tucson, AZ  85701