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2.17. shell:sort, sort
Abstract
writes a sorted concatenation of the specified files to standard output
Synopsis
shell:sort [
--help
] [[
-t
] | [
--field-separator
] sep] [[
-b
] | [
--ignore-leading-blanks
]] [[
-f
] | [
--ignore-case
]] [[
-r
] | [
--reverse
]] [[
-k
] | [
--key
] keys] [[
-n
] | [
--numeric-sort
]] [[
-u
] | [
--unique
]] {
file
...}
Arguments
Table 2.17, “shell:sort Arguments” describes the command's arguments.
Table 2.17. shell:sort Arguments
| Argument | Interpretation |
|---|---|
--help | Displays the online help for this command |
-t, --field-separator | Specifies a character to use as a field separator. The default is whitespace. |
-b, --igonore-leading-blanks | Igonores leading blanks. |
-f, --ignore-case | Ignores case when sorting. |
-r, --reverse | Reverses the result of the sort. |
-k, --key | Specifies a space delimited list of fields to use for sorting. |
-n, --numeric-set | Compares according to string numerical value. |
-u, --unique | Outputs only the first of an equal run. |
files | Specifies a space delimited list of files to sort. |
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