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# sort
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> Sort lines of text files.
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> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/sort-invocation.html>.
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- Sort a file in ascending order:
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`sort {{path/to/file}}`
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- Sort a file in descending order:
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`sort -r {{path/to/file}}`
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- Sort a file in case-insensitive way:
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`sort --ignore-case {{path/to/file}}`
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- Sort a file using numeric rather than alphabetic order:
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`sort -n {{path/to/file}}`
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- Sort the passwd file by the 3rd field, numerically:
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`sort -t: -k 3n /etc/passwd`
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- Sort a file preserving only unique lines:
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`sort -u {{path/to/file}}`
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- Sort a file, printing the output to the specified output file (can be used to sort a file in-place):
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`sort --output={{path/to/file}} {{path/to/file}}`
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- Sort numbers with exponents:
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`sort --general-numeric-sort {{path/to/file}}`
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