---
name: "sortman"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "man-pages-utils"
version: "6.19-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sortman"
---

# sortman(1)

sort manual-page path names

## NAME

sortman - sort manual-page path names

## SYNOPSIS

**sortman**

## DESCRIPTION

The **sortman** command sorts manual-page path names in the order that they should appear in the manual.

The chapters and subchapters are first sorted. Then, within each (sub)chapter, the first page is the corresponding **intro**(\*) page, and the rest are sorted alphabetically (but treating specially some special characters).

## SEE ALSO

[**intro**(1)](/intro/1.md), [**man**(1)](/man/1.md), [**sort**(1)](/sort/1.md)