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SORT(1)				      FSF			       SORT(1)

NAME
       sort - sort lines of text files

SYNOPSIS
       sort [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Write sorted concatenation of all FILE(s) to standard output.

       +POS1 [-POS2]
	      start a key at POS1, end it *before* POS2 (obsolescent)

	      field  numbers  and character offsets are numbered starting with
	      zero (contrast with the -k option)

       -b     ignore leading blanks in sort fields or keys

       -c     check if given files already sorted, do not sort

       -d     consider only [a-zA-Z0-9 ] characters in keys

       -f     fold lower case to upper case characters in keys

       -g     compare according to general numerical value, imply -b

       -i     consider only [ 40- 176] characters in keys

       -k POS1[,POS2]
	      start a key at POS1, end it *at* POS2

	      field numbers and character offsets are numbered	starting  with
	      one (contrast with zero-based +POS form)

       -m     merge already sorted files, do not sort

       -M     compare (unknown) < `JAN' < ... < `DEC', imply -b

       -n     compare according to string numerical value, imply -b

       -o FILE
	      write result on FILE instead of standard output

       -r     reverse the result of comparisons

       -s     stabilize sort by disabling last resort comparison

       -t SEP use SEParator instead of non- to whitespace transition

       -T DIRECTORY
	      use DIRECTORY for temporary files, not $TMPDIR or /tmp

       -u     with  -c,	 check	for  strict ordering; with -m, only output the
	      first of an equal sequence

       -z     end lines with 0 byte, not newline, for find -print0

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       POS is F[.C][OPTS], where F is the field number	and  C	the  character
       position	 in  the  field, both counted from one with -k, from zero with
       the obsolescent form.  OPTS is made up of one or more of Mbdfinr;  this
       effectively  disables global -Mbdfinr settings for that key.  If no key
       is given, use the entire line as the key.  With no FILE, or  when  FILE
       is -, read standard input.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.

SEE ALSO
       The  full documentation for sort is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the info and sort programs are properly installed  at  your  site,  the
       command

	      info sort

       should give you access to the complete manual.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
       NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR	 A  PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.

GNU textutils 2.0		  August 1999			       SORT(1)
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