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114 lines
3.3 KiB
Groff
.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.33.
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.TH SORT "1" "March 2004" "sort (coreutils) 5.2.1" "User Commands"
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.SH NAME
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sort \- sort lines of text files
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B sort
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[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.\" Add any additional description here
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.PP
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Write sorted concatenation of all FILE(s) to standard output.
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.PP
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Ordering options:
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.PP
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Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
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.HP
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\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-leading\-blanks\fR ignore leading blanks
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.TP
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\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-dictionary\-order\fR
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consider only blanks and alphanumeric characters
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.TP
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\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-case\fR
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fold lower case to upper case characters
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.TP
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\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-general\-numeric\-sort\fR
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compare according to general numerical value
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.TP
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\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-nonprinting\fR
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consider only printable characters
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.TP
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\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-month\-sort\fR
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compare (unknown) < `JAN' < ... < `DEC'
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.TP
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\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-numeric\-sort\fR
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compare according to string numerical value
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.TP
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\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-reverse\fR
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reverse the result of comparisons
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.PP
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Other options:
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.TP
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\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-check\fR
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check whether input is sorted; do not sort
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.TP
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\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-key\fR=\fIPOS1[\fR,POS2]
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start a key at POS1, end it at POS 2 (origin 1)
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.TP
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\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-merge\fR
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merge already sorted files; do not sort
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.TP
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\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR
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write result to FILE instead of standard output
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.TP
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\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-stable\fR
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stabilize sort by disabling last-resort comparison
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.TP
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\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-buffer\-size\fR=\fISIZE\fR
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use SIZE for main memory buffer
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.HP
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\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-field\-separator\fR=\fISEP\fR use SEP instead of non-blank to blank transition
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.TP
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\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-temporary\-directory\fR=\fIDIR\fR
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use DIR for temporaries, not $TMPDIR or /tmp;
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multiple options specify multiple directories
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.TP
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\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-unique\fR
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with \fB\-c\fR, check for strict ordering;
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without \fB\-c\fR, output only the first of an equal run
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.TP
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\fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-zero\-terminated\fR
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end lines with 0 byte, not newline
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.TP
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\fB\-\-help\fR
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display this help and exit
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.TP
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\fB\-\-version\fR
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output version information and exit
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.PP
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POS is F[.C][OPTS], where F is the field number and C the character position
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in the field. OPTS is one or more single-letter ordering options, which
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override global ordering options for that key. If no key is given, use the
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entire line as the key.
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.PP
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SIZE may be followed by the following multiplicative suffixes:
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% 1% of memory, b 1, K 1024 (default), and so on for M, G, T, P, E, Z, Y.
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.PP
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With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
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.PP
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*** WARNING ***
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The locale specified by the environment affects sort order.
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Set LC_ALL=C to get the traditional sort order that uses
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native byte values.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert.
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.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright \(co 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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.br
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This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
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warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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The full documentation for
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.B sort
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is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
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.B info
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and
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.B sort
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programs are properly installed at your site, the command
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.IP
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.B info coreutils sort
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.PP
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should give you access to the complete manual.
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