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S O R T Filter COMMAND
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Purpose: Reads data from the standard input device, sorts the data, then
writes the data to the standard output device.
Format: [d:][path]SORT [/R][/+n]
Remarks: [d:][path] before SORT, to specify the drive and path that contains
the SORT command.
/R to sort in reverse order. For example, where "Z" comes before
"A".
/+n to start sorting at then nth column, where n is an integer
value. If you do not specify n, the default is column 1. The
maximum file that you can sort is 63K in length.
The output filename must be different from the input filename.
The SORT command can be used as filter as well as a command, mean-
ing information like a file directory listing can be piped through
the SORT command to display a sort file directory listing. Examples
of this technique are demonstrated below.
Example: The following example pipes the output of the DIR command to the
SORT filter. Then the directory listing is sorted starting with
column 14 (column 14 of a directory listing is the 1st character
of file size). The output is sent to the standard output device,
which in this case is the screen.
DIR | SORT /+14 sort dir and display on screen
DIR | SORT /+14 > PRN sort dir and route to the printer
SORT /R <UNSORT.TXT > SORTED.TXT would sort in descending order
the file UNSORT.TXT and writes the new file SORTED.TXT on the cur-
rent drive and in the current directory.