42 lines
885 B
Groff
42 lines
885 B
Groff
.TH NL 1 sbase\-VERSION
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.SH NAME
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sort \- sort lines
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B sort
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.RB [ \-bnru ]
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.RB [ \-k
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.I key
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.R ]...
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.RI [ file ...]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B sort
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writes the sorted concatenation of the given files to stdout. If no file is
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given, sort reads from stdin.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \-b
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skip leading whitespace of columns when sorting.
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.TP
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.B \-n
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perform a numeric sort.
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.TP
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.B \-r
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reverses the sort.
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.TP
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.B \-u
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prints equal lines only once.
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.TP
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.B \-k key
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specifies a key definition of the form \fBS\fR[.\fBs\fR][,\fBE\fR[.\fBe\fR]],
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where
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.B S,
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.B s,
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.B E,
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and
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.B e
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are the starting column, starting character in that column, ending column and
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the ending character of that column respectively. If they are not specified,
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s refers to the first character of the specified starting column, E refers to
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the last column of every line, and e refers to the last character of that last
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column.
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