tldr/pages/common/sort.md

# sort

> Sort lines of text files.

- Sort a file in ascending order:

`sort {{filename}}`

- Sort a file in descending order:

`sort -r {{filename}}`

- Sort passwd file by the 3rd field:

`sort -t: -k 3n /etc/passwd`
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.`
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 {{filename}}`

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 -r {{filename}}`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Sort passwd file by the 3rd field:`
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
Don't exclude markown md038 warning, close #314 also fix the md038 warning in common/sort.md 2015-11-03 00:07:01 +00:00			`sort -t: -k 3n /etc/passwd`