---
name: "rust-sort"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rust-coreutils"
version: "0.0.30-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rust-sort"
---

# rust-sort(1)

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

## NAME

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

## SYNOPSIS

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

## DESCRIPTION

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