---
name: "tabsort"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "astrometry.net"
version: "0.97+dfsg-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tabsort"
---

# tabsort(1)

Sort a FITS binary table based on values in one column.

## NAME

tabsort - Sort a FITS binary table based on values in one column.

## SYNOPSIS

**tabsort** \[options\] *column-name* *input-file* *output-file*

## OPTIONS

- **-d**

  Sort in descending order (default: ascending)

## AUTHOR

The Astrometry.net team. Principal investigators are David W. Hogg (NYU) and Dustin Lang (CMU).

## SEE ALSO

http://astrometry.net