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- SORT(1) FREEDOS SORT(1)
-
-
- NAME
- sort - ASCII sort files
-
- SYNOPSIS
- sort [ sort_options ] [file]
-
- DESCRIPTION
- Sort is used to sort the input file. Lines of input are
- taken from the file named on the sort command or if no file
- is given, input is taken from standard input.
-
- OPTIONS
- The following command line options are supported. The
- options are not case sensitive, so /r is equivalent to /R.
-
- /r Sort in reverse order.
-
- /h Display a brief help message.
-
- The notation /+num causes the sort key to begin in column
- num. The first column is 1.
-
- EXAMPLES
- Sort the contents of file1 using the entire line as the sort
- key.
-
- Example% sort file1
-
- or
-
- Example% sort <file1
-
- Sort file1 in reverse order (Z-A) based on the key starting
- in column 21.
-
- Example% sort /R /+21 <file1
-
- Sort c:\tmp\foobar.dat using the key in column 5 and put the
- output on a file called data.out residing on the B: floppy
- drive.
-
- Example% sort /+5 c:\tmp\foobar.dat >b:data.out
-
- BUGS
- This version of sort only uses conventional ram and does
- not do an out-of-memory sort, so it is limited to what can
- fit in available memory. The maximum record length is 1000
- characters and the maximum number of records that can be
- sorted is 10,000. This does not mean that you will be able
- to sort 10,000 records of 1000 characters each, since you
- would run out of memory before you read all of the data in.
-
-
- COPYRIGHT
- Copyright 1995 Jim Lynch
- K4GVO@america.net
-