maintain lines and space after sort

**kudos** · Nov 28 '09, 11:45 AM

Originally posted by dragrid

how do I keep my file as is after a sort - it is jumbled with \t tabs and \n newlines

ran this script

af = open('c:\Docume nts and Settings\Admini strator\Desktop \pm2.txt', 'r')
keyfld = [item for item in af]
keyfld.sort()
print keyfld

on this file

00000047f36d014 afe88 12/14/2008 10:48:53 PM Deleted session ID 00000047f36d014 afe88 due to server request|
00000047f36d014 afe88 12/14/2008 10:48:53 PM Terminated session 00000047f36d014 afe88|
00000047f36d014 c5086 12/14/2008 10:48:54 PM Created session ID 00000047f36d014 c5086 due to server request|
00000047f36d014 c5086 12/14/2008 10:54:25 PM Deleted session ID 00000047f36d014 c5086 due to server request|
00000047f36d01b f1b99 12/15/2008 12:00:00 AM Created session ID 00000047f36d01b f1b99 due to server request|
00000047f36d01c 0baa5 12/15/2008 12:00:00 AM Deleted session ID 00000047f36d01c 0baa5 due to server request|
00000047f36d01c 0baa5 12/15/2008 12:00:00 AM Terminated session 00000047f36d01c 0baa5|
00000047f36d01c 0baa5 12/15/2008 12:00:00 AM Created session ID 00000047f36d01c 0baa5 due to server request|
00000047f36d029 2fbf7 12/15/2008 12:00:00 AM Terminated session 00000047f36d029 2fbf7|
00000047f36d029 2fbf7 12/15/2008 12:00:00 AM Created session ID 00000047f36d029 2fbf7 due to server request|
00000047f36d029 908b3 12/15/2008 12:00:00 AM Terminated session 00000047f36d029 908b3|
00000047ff9402b 66b26 12/15/2008 12:00:00 AM Deleted session ID 00000047ff9402b 66b26 due to server request|
00000047ff9402b 66b26 12/15/2008 12:00:00 AM Terminated session 00000047ff9402b 66b26|
00000047ff9402b 66b26 12/15/2008 12:00:00 AM Created session ID 00000047ff9402b 66b26 due to server request|

I got this output - tabs and newline characters

['00000047f36d01 4afe88\t12/14/2008\t10:47:28 PM\tCreated session ID 00000047
f36d014afe88 due to server request|', '00000047f36d01 4afe88\t12/14/200
8\t10:48:53 PM\tDeleted session ID 00000047f36d014 afe88 due to server
request|\n', '00000047f36d01 4afe88\t12/14/2008\t10:48:53 PM\tTerminated sess
ion 00000047f36d014 afe88|\n', '00000047f36d01 4c5086\t12/14/2008\t10:48:54 PM\tCr
eated session ID 00000047f36d014 c5086 due to server request|\n', '
00000047f36d014 c5086\t12/14/2008\t10:54:25 PM\tDeleted session ID 00000047f36d01
4c5086 due to server request|\n', '00000047f36d01 bf1b99\t12/15/2008\t1
2:00:00 AM\tCreated session ID 00000047f36d01b f1b99 due to server

replace 'print keyfld' with

Code:

for k in keyfld:
 print k

-kudos

maintain lines and space after sort

maintain lines and space after sort

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