sbase/sort.1

.TH NL 1 sbase\-VERSION
.SH NAME
sort \- sort lines
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sort
.RB [ \-bnru ]
.RB [ \-k
.I key
.R ]...
.RI [ file ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B sort
writes the sorted concatenation of the given files to stdout.  If no file is
given, sort reads from stdin.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-b
skip leading whitespace of columns when sorting.
.TP
.B \-n
perform a numeric sort.
.TP
.B \-r
reverses the sort.
.TP
.B \-u
prints equal lines only once.
.TP
.B \-k key
specifies a key definition of the form \fBS\fR[.\fBs\fR][,\fBE\fR[.\fBe\fR]],
where
.B S,
.B s,
.B E,
and
.B e
are the starting column, starting character in that column, ending column and
the ending character of that column respectively.  If they are not specified,
s refers to the first character of the specified starting column, E refers to
the last column of every line, and e refers to the last character of that last
column.
add sort 2011-06-02 12:03:34 +00:00			`.TH NL 1 sbase\-VERSION`
			`.SH NAME`
			`sort \- sort lines`
			`.SH SYNOPSIS`
			`.B sort`
sort: document -b 2014-05-03 18:42:33 +00:00			`.RB [ \-bnru ]`
sort: add -k, fix -u Options that are specific to a single key definition are not supported (e.g. "sort -k 2,3n -k 4,4"). Should you try to specify such definitions, sort will return with EXIT_FAILURE and an error message. Instead, all key definitions exclusively use the global settings. It always behaves like -b was set. 2014-04-12 15:53:10 +00:00			`.RB [ \-k`
			`.I key`
			`.R ]...`
add sort 2011-06-02 12:03:34 +00:00			`.RI [ file ...]`
			`.SH DESCRIPTION`
			`.B sort`
			`writes the sorted concatenation of the given files to stdout. If no file is`
			`given, sort reads from stdin.`
			`.SH OPTIONS`
			`.TP`
sort: document -b 2014-05-03 18:42:33 +00:00			`.B \-b`
			`skip leading whitespace of columns when sorting.`
			`.TP`
Add -n support to sort(1) 2013-12-12 13:08:49 +00:00			`.B \-n`
			`perform a numeric sort.`
			`.TP`
add uname, thanks hiltjo 2011-06-02 19:32:05 +00:00			`.B \-r`
add sort 2011-06-02 12:03:34 +00:00			`reverses the sort.`
sort -u 2011-06-02 12:09:30 +00:00			`.TP`
add uname, thanks hiltjo 2011-06-02 19:32:05 +00:00			`.B \-u`
sort: add -k, fix -u Options that are specific to a single key definition are not supported (e.g. "sort -k 2,3n -k 4,4"). Should you try to specify such definitions, sort will return with EXIT_FAILURE and an error message. Instead, all key definitions exclusively use the global settings. It always behaves like -b was set. 2014-04-12 15:53:10 +00:00			`prints equal lines only once.`
			`.TP`
			`.B \-k key`
			`specifies a key definition of the form \fBS\fR[.\fBs\fR][,\fBE\fR[.\fBe\fR]],`
			`where`
			`.B S,`
			`.B s,`
			`.B E,`
			`and`
			`.B e`
			`are the starting column, starting character in that column, ending column and`
			`the ending character of that column respectively. If they are not specified,`
			`s refers to the first character of the specified starting column, E refers to`
			`the last column of every line, and e refers to the last character of that last`
			`column.`