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.TH SORT 1
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.SH NAME
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sort \- sort a file of ASCII lines
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBsort\fR [\fB\-bcdf\&imnru\fR]\fR [\fB\-t\fIc\fR] [\fB\-o \fIname\fR] [\fB+\fIpos1\fR] [\fB\-\fIpos2\fR] \fIfile\fR ...\fR
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.br
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.de FL
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.TP
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\\fB\\$1\\fR
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\\$2
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.de EX
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.TP 20
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\\fB\\$1\\fR
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# \\$2
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..
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP 5
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.B \-b
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# Skip leading blanks when making comparisons
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.TP 5
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.B \-c
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# Check to see if a file is sorted
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.TP 5
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.B \-d
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# Dictionary order: ignore punctuation
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.TP 5
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.B \-f
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# Fold upper case onto lower case
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.TP 5
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.B \-i
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# Ignore nonASCII characters
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.TP 5
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.B \-m
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# Merge presorted files
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.TP 5
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.B \-n
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# Numeric sort order
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.TP 5
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.B \-o
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# Next argument is output file
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.TP 5
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.B \-r
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# Reverse the sort order
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.TP 5
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.B \-t
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# Following character is field separator
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.TP 5
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.B \-u
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# Unique mode (delete duplicate lines)
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.TP 20
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.B sort \-nr file
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# Sort keys numerically, reversed
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.TP 20
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.B sort +2 \-4 file
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# Sort using fields 2 and 3 as key
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.TP 20
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.B sort +2 \-t: \-o out
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# Field separator is \fI:\fP
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.TP 20
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.B sort +.3 \-.6
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# Characters 3 through 5 form the key
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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.I Sort
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sorts one or more files.
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If no files are specified, \fIstdin\fR is sorted.
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Output is written on standard output, unless \fB\-o\fP is specified.
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The options \fB+\fIpos1 \fB\-\fIpos2\fR use only fields \fIpos1\fR
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up to but not including \fIpos2\fR as the sort key, where a field is a
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string of characters delimited by spaces and tabs, unless a different field
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delimiter is specified with \fB\-t\fR.
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Both \fIpos1\fR and \fIpos2\fR have the form \fIm.n\fR where \fIm\fR tells
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the number of fields and \fIn\fR tells the number of characters.
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Either \fIm\fR or \fIn\fR may be omitted.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR comm (1),
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.BR grep (1),
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.BR uniq (1).
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