sbase/sort.1

.TH SORT 1 sbase\-VERSION
.SH NAME
sort \- sort lines
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sort
.RB [ \-bnru ]
.RB [ \-t
.IR delim ]
.RB [ \-k
.IR key ]...
.RI [ file ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B sort
writes the sorted concatenation of the given files to stdout.  If no file is
given, sort reads from stdin.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-b
skip leading whitespace of columns when sorting.
.TP
.BI \-k \ key
specifies a key definition of the form
.BR S [. s ][ f ][, E [. e ][ f ]]
where
.BR S ,
.BR s ,
.BR E ,
and
.B e
are the starting column, starting character in that column, ending column and
the ending character of that column respectively.  If they are not specified,
.B s
refers to the first character of the specified starting column,
.B E
refers to the last column of every line, and
.B e
refers to the last character of that last column.
.B f
can be used to specify options
.RB ( n ,
.BR b )
that only apply to this key definition.
.B b
is special in that it only applies to the column that it was specified after.
.TP
.B \-n
perform a numeric sort.
.TP
.B \-r
reverses the sort.
.TP
.BI \-t \ delim
specifies the field delimiter.
.TP
.B \-u
prints equal lines only once.
sort: add support for "per-keydef" flags 2014-05-06 14:07:05 +00:00			`.TH SORT 1 sbase\-VERSION`
add sort 2011-06-02 12:03:34 +00:00			`.SH NAME`
			`sort \- sort lines`
			`.SH SYNOPSIS`
			`.B sort`
sort: document -b 2014-05-03 18:42:33 +00:00			`.RB [ \-bnru ]`
add -t flag to sort 2014-05-15 18:08:17 +00:00			`.RB [ \-t`
			`.IR delim ]`
sort: add -k, fix -u Options that are specific to a single key definition are not supported (e.g. "sort -k 2,3n -k 4,4"). Should you try to specify such definitions, sort will return with EXIT_FAILURE and an error message. Instead, all key definitions exclusively use the global settings. It always behaves like -b was set. 2014-04-12 15:53:10 +00:00			`.RB [ \-k`
add -t flag to sort 2014-05-15 18:08:17 +00:00			`.IR key ]...`
add sort 2011-06-02 12:03:34 +00:00			`.RI [ file ...]`
			`.SH DESCRIPTION`
			`.B sort`
			`writes the sorted concatenation of the given files to stdout. If no file is`
			`given, sort reads from stdin.`
			`.SH OPTIONS`
			`.TP`
sort: document -b 2014-05-03 18:42:33 +00:00			`.B \-b`
			`skip leading whitespace of columns when sorting.`
			`.TP`
add -t flag to sort 2014-05-15 18:08:17 +00:00			`.BI \-k \ key`
sort: add support for "per-keydef" flags 2014-05-06 14:07:05 +00:00			`specifies a key definition of the form`
			`.BR S [. s ][ f ][, E [. e ][ f ]]`
sort: add -k, fix -u Options that are specific to a single key definition are not supported (e.g. "sort -k 2,3n -k 4,4"). Should you try to specify such definitions, sort will return with EXIT_FAILURE and an error message. Instead, all key definitions exclusively use the global settings. It always behaves like -b was set. 2014-04-12 15:53:10 +00:00			`where`
sort: add support for "per-keydef" flags 2014-05-06 14:07:05 +00:00			`.BR S ,`
			`.BR s ,`
			`.BR E ,`
sort: add -k, fix -u Options that are specific to a single key definition are not supported (e.g. "sort -k 2,3n -k 4,4"). Should you try to specify such definitions, sort will return with EXIT_FAILURE and an error message. Instead, all key definitions exclusively use the global settings. It always behaves like -b was set. 2014-04-12 15:53:10 +00:00			`and`
			`.B e`
			`are the starting column, starting character in that column, ending column and`
			`the ending character of that column respectively. If they are not specified,`
sort: add support for "per-keydef" flags 2014-05-06 14:07:05 +00:00			`.B s`
			`refers to the first character of the specified starting column,`
			`.B E`
			`refers to the last column of every line, and`
			`.B e`
			`refers to the last character of that last column.`
			`.B f`
			`can be used to specify options`
			`.RB ( n ,`
			`.BR b )`
			`that only apply to this key definition.`
			`.B b`
			`is special in that it only applies to the column that it was specified after.`
add -t flag to sort 2014-05-15 18:08:17 +00:00			`.TP`
			`.B \-n`
			`perform a numeric sort.`
			`.TP`
			`.B \-r`
			`reverses the sort.`
			`.TP`
			`.BI \-t \ delim`
			`specifies the field delimiter.`
			`.TP`
			`.B \-u`
			`prints equal lines only once.`