rust-sort1

Display sorted concatenation of all file(s). with no file, or when file is -, read standard input.

Usage

sort [--help] [--version] [--sort] [{-h | --human-numeric-sort}] [{-M | --month-sort}] [{-n | --numeric-sort}] [{-g | --general-numeric-sort}] [{-V | --version-sort}] [{-R | --random-sort}] [{-d | --dictionary-order}] [{-m | --merge}] [{-c | --check}] [{-C | --check-silent}] [{-f | --ignore-case}] [{-i | --ignore-nonprinting}] [{-b | --ignore-leading-blanks}] [{-o | --output}] [{-r | --reverse}] [{-s | --stable}] [{-u | --unique}] [{-k | --key}] [{-t | --field-separator}] [{-z | --zero-terminated}] [--parallel] [{-S | --buffer-size}] [{-T | --temporary-directory}] [--compress-program] [--batch-size] [--files0-from] [--debug] [files]

Overview

Display sorted concatenation of all FILE(s). With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

Options

--help: Print help information.

--version: Print version information.

--sort: [possible values: general-numeric, human-numeric, month, numeric, version, random]

-h, --human-numeric-sort: compare according to human readable sizes, eg 1M > 100k

-M, --month-sort: compare according to month name abbreviation

-n, --numeric-sort: compare according to string numerical value

-g, --general-numeric-sort: compare according to string general numerical value

-V, --version-sort: Sort by SemVer version number, eg 1.12.2 > 1.1.2

-R, --random-sort: shuffle in random order

-d, --dictionary-order: consider only blanks and alphanumeric characters

-m, --merge: merge already sorted files; do not sort

-c, --check

check for sorted input; do not sort

[possible values: silent, quiet, diagnose-first]

-C, --check-silent: exit successfully if the given file is already sorted, and exit with status 1 otherwise.

-f, --ignore-case: fold lower case to upper case characters

-i, --ignore-nonprinting: ignore nonprinting characters

-b, --ignore-leading-blanks: ignore leading blanks when finding sort keys in each line

-o, --output=FILENAME: write output to FILENAME instead of stdout

-r, --reverse: reverse the output

-s, --stable: stabilize sort by disabling last-resort comparison

-u, --unique: output only the first of an equal run

-k, --key: sort by a key

-t, --field-separator: custom separator for -k

-z, --zero-terminated: line delimiter is NUL, not newline

--parallel=NUM_THREADS: change the number of threads running concurrently to NUM_THREADS

-S, --buffer-size=SIZE: sets the maximum SIZE of each segment in number of sorted items

-T, --temporary-directory=DIR: use DIR for temporaries, not $TMPDIR or /tmp

--compress-program=PROG: compress temporary files with PROG, decompress with PROG -d; PROG has to take input from stdin and output to stdout

--batch-size=N_MERGE: Merge at most N_MERGE inputs at once.

--files0-from=NUL_FILES: read input from the files specified by NUL-terminated NUL_FILES

--debug: underline the parts of the line that are actually used for sorting

[files]

Extra

The key format is FIELD[.CHAR][OPTIONS][,FIELD[.CHAR]][OPTIONS].

Fields by default are separated by the first whitespace after a non-whitespace character. Use -t to specify a custom separator. In the default case, whitespace is appended at the beginning of each field. Custom separators however are not included in fields.

FIELD and CHAR both start at 1 (i.e. they are 1-indexed). If there is no end specified after a comma, the end will be the end of the line. If CHAR is set 0, it means the end of the field. CHAR defaults to 1 for the start position and to 0 for the end position.

Valid options are: MbdfhnRrV. They override the global options for this key.

Version

v0.0.30

Releases

2 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 1 time.

--check-silent since Debian 13 (Trixie).

--random-source until Debian 12 (Bookworm).