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diff --git a/man/sort.1 b/man/sort.1 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2bb445dd74e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/sort.1 @@ -0,0 +1,113 @@ +.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.33. +.TH SORT "1" "March 2004" "sort (coreutils) 5.2.1" "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 +Ordering options: +.PP +Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. +.HP +\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\-\-reverse\fR +reverse the result of comparisons +.PP +Other options: +.TP +\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-check\fR +check whether input is sorted; do not sort +.TP +\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-key\fR=\fIPOS1[\fR,POS2] +start a key at POS1, end it at POS 2 (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 +.HP +\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. 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 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +.br +This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO +warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. +.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 coreutils sort +.PP +should give you access to the complete manual. |