---
name: "forsort"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "canna"
version: "3.7p3-25"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/forsort"
---

# forsort(1)

Protect text from 7-bit only sort command.

## NAME

forsort - Protect text from 7-bit only sort command.

## SYNOPSIS

**forsort \[-7\|-8\]** *filename*

## DESCRIPTION

Protects 8-bit text from 7-bit-only  **sort** command.

Input is taken from standard input, and output is given to standard output.

## OPTIONS

**-7** Encodes 8-bit input to 7-bit text.

**-8** Decodes from encoded 7-bit to 8-bit text.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Junichi Uekawa  (dancer@debian.org) for Debian GNU/Linux and may be used by others.