SYNOPSIS

       sort [OPTION]... [FILE]...


DESCRIPTION

       Write sorted concatenation of all FILE(s) to standard out­
       put.

       Ordering options:

       Mandatory arguments to  long  options  are  mandatory  for
       short options too.

       -b, --ignore-leading-blanks ignore leading blanks

       -d, --dictionary-order
              consider only blanks and alphanumeric characters

       -f, --ignore-case
              fold lower case to upper case characters

       -g, --general-numeric-sort
              compare according to general numerical value

       -i, --ignore-nonprinting
              consider only printable characters

       -M, --month-sort
              compare (unknown) < `JAN' < ... < `DEC'

       -n, --numeric-sort
              compare according to string numerical value

       -r, --reverse
              reverse the result of comparisons

       Other options:

       -c, --check
              check whether input is sorted; do not sort

       -k, --key=POS1[,POS2]
              start a key at POS1, end it at POS 2 (origin 1)

       -m, --merge
              merge already sorted files; do not sort

       -o, --output=FILE
              write result to FILE instead of standard output

       -s, --stable
              stabilize sort by disabling last-resort comparison

       -z, --zero-terminated
              end lines with 0 byte, not newline

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       POS is F[.C][OPTS], where F is the field number and C  the
       character position in the field.  OPTS is one or more sin­
       gle-letter ordering options, which override global  order­
       ing  options  for  that  key.  If no key is given, use the
       entire line as the key.

       SIZE may be followed by the following multiplicative  suf­
       fixes:  %  1%  of memory, b 1, K 1024 (default), and so on
       for M, G, T, P, E, Z, Y.

       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

       *** 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.


AUTHOR

       Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert.


REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.


COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for  copying  condi­
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
       or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for sort is maintained as a Texinfo
       manual.   If  the  info  and  sort  programs  are properly
       installed at your site, the command

              info sort

       should give you access to the complete manual.



sort (coreutils) 4.5.8    February 2003                   SORT(1)

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