diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'man/sort.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/sort.1 | 129 |
1 files changed, 129 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/sort.1 b/man/sort.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c2f55bb --- /dev/null +++ b/man/sort.1 @@ -0,0 +1,129 @@ +.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.35. +.TH SORT "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands" +.SH NAME +sort \- sort lines of text files +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B sort +[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]... +.SH DESCRIPTION +.\" Add any additional description here +.PP +Write sorted concatenation of all FILE(s) to standard output. +.PP +Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. +Ordering options: +.TP +\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-leading\-blanks\fR +ignore leading blanks +.TP +\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-dictionary\-order\fR +consider only blanks and alphanumeric characters +.TP +\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-case\fR +fold lower case to upper case characters +.TP +\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-general\-numeric\-sort\fR +compare according to general numerical value +.TP +\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-nonprinting\fR +consider only printable characters +.TP +\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-month\-sort\fR +compare (unknown) < `JAN' < ... < `DEC' +.TP +\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-numeric\-sort\fR +compare according to string numerical value +.TP +\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-random\-sort\fR +sort by random hash of keys +.TP +\fB\-\-random\-source\fR=\fIFILE\fR +get random bytes from FILE (default /dev/urandom) +.TP +\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-reverse\fR +reverse the result of comparisons +.PP +Other options: +.TP +\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-check\fR, \fB\-\-check\fR=\fIdiagnose\-first\fR +check for sorted input; do not sort +.TP +\fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-check\fR=\fIquiet\fR, \fB\-\-check\fR=\fIsilent\fR +like \fB\-c\fR, but do not report first bad line +.TP +\fB\-\-compress\-program\fR=\fIPROG\fR +compress temporaries with PROG; +decompress them with PROG \fB\-d\fR +.TP +\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-key\fR=\fIPOS1[\fR,POS2] +start a key at POS1, end it at POS2 (origin 1) +.TP +\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-merge\fR +merge already sorted files; do not sort +.TP +\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR +write result to FILE instead of standard output +.TP +\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-stable\fR +stabilize sort by disabling last\-resort comparison +.TP +\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-buffer\-size\fR=\fISIZE\fR +use SIZE for main memory buffer +.TP +\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-field\-separator\fR=\fISEP\fR +use SEP instead of non\-blank to blank transition +.TP +\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-temporary\-directory\fR=\fIDIR\fR +use DIR for temporaries, not $TMPDIR or /tmp; +multiple options specify multiple directories +.TP +\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-unique\fR +with \fB\-c\fR, check for strict ordering; +without \fB\-c\fR, output only the first of an equal run +.TP +\fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-zero\-terminated\fR +end lines with 0 byte, not newline +.TP +\fB\-\-help\fR +display this help and exit +.TP +\fB\-\-version\fR +output version information and exit +.PP +POS is F[.C][OPTS], where F is the field number and C the character position +in the field; both are origin 1. If neither \fB\-t\fR nor \fB\-b\fR is in effect, characters +in a field are counted from the beginning of the preceding whitespace. 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. +.PP +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. +.PP +With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input. +.PP +*** 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. +.SH AUTHOR +Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert. +.SH "REPORTING BUGS" +Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>. +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +.br +This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of +the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. +There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +The full documentation for +.B sort +is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the +.B info +and +.B sort +programs are properly installed at your site, the command +.IP +.B info sort +.PP +should give you access to the complete manual. |