On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > I've a few files of names and addresses; each block is separated by two > blank lines. I'd like to sort them alphabetically by the first line. 'sort' > does not seem to do this as I don't see a record separator, only a field > separator. > > Have you looked at msort? Ali