Sort Manual

SORT(1)                          User Commands                         SORT(1)



NAME
      sort - sort lines of text files

SYNOPSIS
      sort [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
      Write sorted concatenation of all FILE(s) to standard output.

      Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options are mandatory for short options
      too.  Ordering options:

      -b, --ignore-leading-blanks
             ignore leading blanks

      -d, --dictionary-order
             consider only blanks and alphanumeric characters

      -f, --ignore-case
             fold lower case to upper case characters

      -g, --general-numeric-sort
             compare according to general numerical value

      -i, --ignore-nonprinting
             consider only printable characters

      -M, --month-sort
             compare (unknown) < ‘JAN’ < ... < ‘DEC’         -n, --numeric-sort               compare according to string numerical value         -r, --reverse               reverse the result of comparisons         Other options:         -c, --check               check whether input is sorted; do not sort         -k, --key=POS1[,POS2]               start a key at POS1, end it at POS2 (origin 1)         -m, --merge               merge already sorted files; do not sort         -o, --output=FILE               write result to FILE instead of standard output         -s, --stable               stabilize sort by disabling last-resort comparison         -S, --buffer-size=SIZE               use SIZE for main memory buffer         -t, --field-separator=SEP               use SEP instead of non-blank to blank transition         -T, --temporary-directory=DIR               use DIR for temporaries, not $TMPDIR or /tmp;  multiple  options               specify multiple directories         -u, --unique               with  -c, check for strict ordering; without -c, output only the               first of an equal run         -z, --zero-terminated               end lines with 0 byte, not newline         --help display this help and exit         --version               output version information and exit         POS is F[.C][OPTS], where F is the field number  and  C  the  character        position  in  the  field.   OPTS  is one or more single-letter ordering        options, which override global ordering options for that  key.   If  no        key is given, use the entire line as the key.         SIZE  may be followed by the following multiplicative suffixes: % 1% of        memory, b 1, K 1024 (default), and so on for M, G, T, P, E, Z, Y.         With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.         *** WARNING *** The locale specified by the  environment  affects  sort        order.  Set LC_ALL=C to get the traditional sort order that uses native        byte values.  AUTHOR        Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert.  REPORTING BUGS        Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
      Copyright © 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
      This is free software.  You may redistribute copies  of  it  under  the
      terms       of       the      GNU      General      Public      License
      .  There is NO WARRANTY,  to  the
      extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
      The  full documentation for sort is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
      the info and sort programs are properly installed  at  your  site,  the
      command

             info sort

      should give you access to the complete manual.



sort 5.93                          May 2006                            SORT(1)