tldr/pages/common/sort.md

# sort

> Sort lines of text files.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/sort-invocation.html>.

- Sort a file in ascending order:

`sort {{path/to/file}}`

- Sort a file in descending order:

`sort -r {{path/to/file}}`

- Sort a file in case-insensitive way:

`sort --ignore-case {{path/to/file}}`

- Sort a file using numeric rather than alphabetic order:

`sort -n {{path/to/file}}`

- Sort the passwd file by the 3rd field, numerically:

`sort -t: -k 3n /etc/passwd`

- Sort a file preserving only unique lines:

`sort -u {{path/to/file}}`

- Sort human-readable numbers (in this case the 5th field of `ls -lh`):

`ls -lh | sort -h -k 5`

- Sort numbers with exponents:

`sort --general-numeric-sort {{path/to/file}}`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00			`# sort`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`> Sort lines of text files.`
sort: add --general-numeric-sort example (#4325) 2020-09-09 11:33:24 +01:00			`> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/sort-invocation.html>.`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Sort a file in ascending order:`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
sort: add --general-numeric-sort example (#4325) 2020-09-09 11:33:24 +01:00			`sort {{path/to/file}}`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Sort a file in descending order:`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
sort: add --general-numeric-sort example (#4325) 2020-09-09 11:33:24 +01:00			`sort -r {{path/to/file}}`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
sort: add --ignore-case example (#2611) 2018-11-25 20:29:28 +00:00			`- Sort a file in case-insensitive way:`

sort: add --general-numeric-sort example (#4325) 2020-09-09 11:33:24 +01:00			`sort --ignore-case {{path/to/file}}`
sort: add --ignore-case example (#2611) 2018-11-25 20:29:28 +00:00
sort.md: improve example descriptions 2016-05-10 14:09:55 +01:00			`- Sort a file using numeric rather than alphabetic order:`
Update sort.md 2016-03-30 16:13:36 +01:00
sort: add --general-numeric-sort example (#4325) 2020-09-09 11:33:24 +01:00			`sort -n {{path/to/file}}`
Update sort.md 2016-03-30 16:13:36 +01:00
sort: swap examples to introduce options gradually 2016-05-10 14:12:37 +01:00			`- Sort the passwd file by the 3rd field, numerically:`

			`sort -t: -k 3n /etc/passwd`

Update sort.md 2016-03-30 16:13:36 +01:00			`- Sort a file preserving only unique lines:`

sort: add --general-numeric-sort example (#4325) 2020-09-09 11:33:24 +01:00			`sort -u {{path/to/file}}`
coreutils commands: move pages to common/ folder (#2442) 2018-10-16 18:29:50 +01:00
			- Sort human-readable numbers (in this case the 5th field of `ls -lh`):

			`ls -lh \| sort -h -k 5`
sort: add --general-numeric-sort example (#4325) 2020-09-09 11:33:24 +01:00
			`- Sort numbers with exponents:`

			`sort --general-numeric-sort {{path/to/file}}`