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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Man page of SORT</TITLE>
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<H1>SORT</H1>
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Section: User Commands (1)<BR>Updated: September 2019<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR>
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<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
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sort - sort lines of text files
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<A NAME="lbAC"> </A>
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>sort</B>
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[<I>,OPTION/</I>]... [<I>,FILE/</I>]...
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<B>sort</B>
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[<I>,OPTION/</I>]... <I>,--files0-from=F/</I>
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<A NAME="lbAD"> </A>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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Write sorted concatenation of all FILE(s) to standard output.
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With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
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Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
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Ordering options:
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="1"><B>-b</B>, <B>--ignore-leading-blanks</B><DD>
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ignore leading blanks
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<DT id="2"><B>-d</B>, <B>--dictionary-order</B><DD>
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consider only blanks and alphanumeric characters
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<DT id="3"><B>-f</B>, <B>--ignore-case</B><DD>
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fold lower case to upper case characters
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<DT id="4"><B>-g</B>, <B>--general-numeric-sort</B><DD>
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compare according to general numerical value
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<DT id="5"><B>-i</B>, <B>--ignore-nonprinting</B><DD>
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consider only printable characters
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<DT id="6"><B>-M</B>, <B>--month-sort</B><DD>
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compare (unknown) < 'JAN' < ... < 'DEC'
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<DT id="7"><B>-h</B>, <B>--human-numeric-sort</B><DD>
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compare human readable numbers (e.g., 2K 1G)
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<DT id="8"><B>-n</B>, <B>--numeric-sort</B><DD>
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compare according to string numerical value
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<DT id="9"><B>-R</B>, <B>--random-sort</B><DD>
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shuffle, but group identical keys. See <A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+shuf">shuf</A>(1)
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<DT id="10"><B>--random-source</B>=<I>,FILE/</I><DD>
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get random bytes from FILE
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<DT id="11"><B>-r</B>, <B>--reverse</B><DD>
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reverse the result of comparisons
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<DT id="12"><B>--sort</B>=<I>,WORD/</I><DD>
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sort according to WORD:
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general-numeric <B>-g</B>, human-numeric <B>-h</B>, month <B>-M</B>,
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numeric <B>-n</B>, random <B>-R</B>, version <B>-V</B>
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<DT id="13"><B>-V</B>, <B>--version-sort</B><DD>
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natural sort of (version) numbers within text
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</DL>
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Other options:
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<DT id="14"><B>--batch-size</B>=<I>,NMERGE/</I><DD>
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merge at most NMERGE inputs at once;
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for more use temp files
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<DT id="15"><B>-c</B>, <B>--check</B>, <B>--check</B>=<I>,diagnose-first/</I><DD>
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check for sorted input; do not sort
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<DT id="16"><B>-C</B>, <B>--check</B>=<I>,quiet/</I>, <B>--check</B>=<I>,silent/</I><DD>
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like <B>-c</B>, but do not report first bad line
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<DT id="17"><B>--compress-program</B>=<I>,PROG/</I><DD>
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compress temporaries with PROG;
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decompress them with PROG <B>-d</B>
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<DT id="18"><B>--debug</B><DD>
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annotate the part of the line used to sort,
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and warn about questionable usage to stderr
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<DT id="19"><B>--files0-from</B>=<I>,F/</I><DD>
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read input from the files specified by
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NUL-terminated names in file F;
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If F is - then read names from standard input
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<DT id="20"><B>-k</B>, <B>--key</B>=<I>,KEYDEF/</I><DD>
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sort via a key; KEYDEF gives location and type
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<DT id="21"><B>-m</B>, <B>--merge</B><DD>
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merge already sorted files; do not sort
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<DT id="22"><B>-o</B>, <B>--output</B>=<I>,FILE/</I><DD>
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write result to FILE instead of standard output
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<DT id="23"><B>-s</B>, <B>--stable</B><DD>
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stabilize sort by disabling last-resort comparison
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<DT id="24"><B>-S</B>, <B>--buffer-size</B>=<I>,SIZE/</I><DD>
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use SIZE for main memory buffer
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<DT id="25"><B>-t</B>, <B>--field-separator</B>=<I>,SEP/</I><DD>
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use SEP instead of non-blank to blank transition
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<DT id="26"><B>-T</B>, <B>--temporary-directory</B>=<I>,DIR/</I><DD>
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use DIR for temporaries, not $TMPDIR or <I>,/tmp/</I>;
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multiple options specify multiple directories
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<DT id="27"><B>--parallel</B>=<I>,N/</I><DD>
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change the number of sorts run concurrently to N
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<DT id="28"><B>-u</B>, <B>--unique</B><DD>
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with <B>-c</B>, check for strict ordering;
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without <B>-c</B>, output only the first of an equal run
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<DT id="29"><B>-z</B>, <B>--zero-terminated</B><DD>
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line delimiter is NUL, not newline
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<DT id="30"><B>--help</B><DD>
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display this help and exit
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<DT id="31"><B>--version</B><DD>
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output version information and exit
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</DL>
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KEYDEF is F[.C][OPTS][,F[.C][OPTS]] for start and stop position, where F is a
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field number and C a character position in the field; both are origin 1, and
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the stop position defaults to the line's end. If neither <B>-t</B> nor <B>-b</B> is in
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effect, characters in a field are counted from the beginning of the preceding
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whitespace. OPTS is one or more single-letter ordering options [bdfgiMhnRrV],
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which override global ordering options for that key. If no key is given, use
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the entire line as the key. Use <B>--debug</B> to diagnose incorrect key usage.
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<P>
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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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<P>
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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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<A NAME="lbAE"> </A>
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>
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Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert.
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<A NAME="lbAF"> </A>
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<H2>REPORTING BUGS</H2>
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GNU coreutils online help: <<A HREF="https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/">https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/</A>>
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<BR>
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Report sort translation bugs to <<A HREF="https://translationproject.org/team/">https://translationproject.org/team/</A>>
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<A NAME="lbAG"> </A>
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<H2>COPYRIGHT</H2>
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Copyright © 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <<A HREF="https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html</A>>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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<A NAME="lbAH"> </A>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+shuf">shuf</A>(1), <A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+uniq">uniq</A>(1)
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<P>
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<BR>
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Full documentation at: <<A HREF="https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sort">https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sort</A>>
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<BR>
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or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sort invocation'
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<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DT id="32"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
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<DT id="33"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
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<DT id="34"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
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<DT id="35"><A HREF="#lbAE">AUTHOR</A><DD>
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<DT id="36"><A HREF="#lbAF">REPORTING BUGS</A><DD>
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<DT id="37"><A HREF="#lbAG">COPYRIGHT</A><DD>
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<DT id="38"><A HREF="#lbAH">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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</DL>
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This document was created by
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using the manual pages.<BR>
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Time: 00:05:27 GMT, March 31, 2021
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