SORT(I) 5/7/73 SORT(I)





SORT(I)                      5/7/73                       SORT(I)







NAME

     sort - sort a file



SYNOPSIS

     sort [ -anr ] [ +n ] [ -n ] [ input [ output ] ]



DESCRIPTION

     Sort sorts input and writes the result on  output.   If  the

     output  file  is not given, the standard output is used.  If

     the input file is missing, the standard input is used.  Thus

     sort may be used as a filter.  The input and output file may

     be the same.



     The sort  is  line-by-line  in  increasing  ASCII  collating

     sequence,  except that upper-case letters are considered the

     same as the corresponding lower-case letters.



     Sort understands several flag arguments.



     -a   Use strict ASCII collating sequence.



     -n   An initial numeric string is sorted by numerical value.



     -r   Output is in reverse order.



     -n   The first n fields in each line are ignored.   A  field

         is  defined as a string of non-space, non-tab characters

         separated by tabs and spaces from its neighbors.



     +n   The first n characters are ignored in the sort.  Fields

         (with -n) are skipped before characters.





FILES

     /tmp/stm?



BUGS

     The largest file that can be sorted is about 128K bytes.
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