serenity/Base/usr/share/man/man1/sort.md

Name

sort - sort lines

Synopsis

$ sort [INPUT]

Description

Sort each lines of INPUT (or standard input). A quick sort algorithm is used.

Options

• -k keydef, --key-field keydef: The field to sort by
• -u, --unique: Don't emit duplicate lines
• -n, --numeric: Treat the key field as a number
• -t char, --sep char: The separator to split fields by
• -r, --reverse: Sort in reverse order
• -z, --zero-terminated: Use \0 as the line delimiter instead of a newline

Examples

$ echo "Well\nHello\nFriends!" | sort
Friends!
Hello
Well