Fquery, file query/sort

The program, fquery, is free software, and can be redistributed and/or
modified, without any restrictions. It is distributed with no warranty
of any kind, implied or otherwise.  Specifically, there is no warranty
of fitness for any particular purpose and/or merchantability.

Comments and/or bug reports should be addressed to:

      john@email.johncon.com (John Conover)

Copyright (c) 1994, John Conover, All Rights Reserved

Usage:
  FQUERY [-d[s]] [-p[c]] [-l[n]] [-o outfile] [arg1 ... argn] [infile(s)]

Switches:
  -ds, use characters in string s for delimiters
  -pc, use character c as a non-consequtive delimiter
  -ln, use number n as a column delimiter
  -o outfile, the output file name is outfile
  infile(s), list of input file name(s)

Arguments arg1 ... argn are a list of the following:
  [$j][[k]]:l, sort key = field j, column k, for l characters
  [$j][[k]]={string}, accept if field j, column k = string
  [$j][[k]]!{string}, reject if field j, column k = string

Default field/column specifications:
  Field unspecified = entire unparsed record
  Column unspecified = 1st column

Precedence:
  Right to left for accept/reject arguments
  Left to right for sort key arguments