Sort each standalone line alphabetically

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Published on 2012-10-19T14:52:43Z Indexed on 2012/10/19 17:05 UTC
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I want to sort some items in alphabetic order, but in a very specifc way.

I have, for example, the following list, each item separated by comma:

monkeys, dogs, cats
pineapple, banana, orange
yellow, red, blue, green
silver, gold, platinum
delphi, java, c++, visual basic

I want to sort each line alphabetically, WITHOUT changing line order.

My desired result would be:

cats, dogs, monkeys
banana, orange, pineapple
blue, green, red, yellow
gold, platinum, silver
c++, delphi, java, visual basic

My target list has got 3000+ lines, so it should be an automated process.

Thanks!

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