• NAME
  
  sort - sort lines of text files
• SYNOPSIS
  
  sort [OPTION]... [FILE]...
  sort [OPTION]... --files0-from=F
• DESCRIPTION
  
  
  
  Write sorted concatenation of all FILE(s) to standard output.
  
  Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. Ordering options:

  -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, --random-sort

  sort by random hash of keys

  --random-source=FILE

  get random bytes from FILE (default /dev/urandom)

  -r, --reverse

  reverse the result of comparisons

  --sort=WORD

  sort according to WORD: general-numeric -g, month -M, numeric -n, random -R, version -V

  -V, --version-sort

  sort by numeric version
  
  Other options:

  --batch-size=NMERGE

  merge at most NMERGE inputs at once; for more use temp files

  -c, --check, --check=diagnose-first

  check for sorted input; do not sort

  -C, --check=quiet, --check=silent

  like -c, but do not report first bad line

  --compress-program=PROG

  compress temporaries with PROG; decompress them with PROG -d

  --files0-from=F

  read input from the files specified by NUL-terminated names in file F; If F is - then read names from standard input

  -k, --key=POS1[,POS2]

  start a key at POS1 (origin 1), end it at POS2 (default end of line)

  -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

  -S, --buffer-size=SIZE

  use SIZE for main memory buffer

  -t, --field-separator=SEP

  use SEP instead of non-blank to blank transition

  -T, --temporary-directory=DIR

  use DIR for temporaries, not $TMPDIR or /tmp; multiple options specify multiple directories

  -u, --unique

  with -c, check for strict ordering; without -c, output only the first of an equal run

  -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; both are origin 1.  If neither -t nor -b is in effect, characters in a field are counted from the beginning of the preceding whitespace.  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.
  
  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.
  
  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 sort bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
  GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
  General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
• COPYRIGHT
  
  Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
  This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
• 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 coreutils (aqsort invocation(aq
  
  should give you access to the complete manual.

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