NAME

       sort  - Display sorted concatenation of all FILE(s). With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read
       standard input.

SYNOPSIS

       sort   [--help]   [--version]   [--sort]    [-h|--human-numeric-sort]    [-M|--month-sort]
       [-n|--numeric-sort]   [-g|--general-numeric-sort]  [-V|--version-sort]  [-R|--random-sort]
       [-d|--dictionary-order] [-m|--merge] [-c|--check]  [-C|--check-silent]  [-f|--ignore-case]
       [-i|--ignore-nonprinting]    [-b|--ignore-leading-blanks]   [-o|--output]   [-r|--reverse]
       [-s|--stable]  [-u|--unique]  [-k|--key]   [-t|--field-separator]   [-z|--zero-terminated]
       [--parallel]     [-S|--buffer-size]     [-T|--temporary-directory]    [--compress-program]
       [--batch-size] [--files0-from] [--debug] [files]

DESCRIPTION

       Display sorted concatenation of all FILE(s). With  no  FILE,  or  when  FILE  is  -,  read
       standard input.

OPTIONS

       --help Print help information.

       --version
              Print version information.

       --sort

              [possible values: general-numeric, human-numeric, month, numeric, version, random]

       -h, --human-numeric-sort
              compare according to human readable sizes, eg 1M > 100k

       -M, --month-sort
              compare according to month name abbreviation

       -n, --numeric-sort
              compare according to string numerical value

       -g, --general-numeric-sort
              compare according to string general numerical value

       -V, --version-sort
              Sort by SemVer version number, eg 1.12.2 > 1.1.2

       -R, --random-sort
              shuffle in random order

       -d, --dictionary-order
              consider only blanks and alphanumeric characters

       -m, --merge
              merge already sorted files; do not sort

       -c, --check
              check for sorted input; do not sort

              [possible values: silent, quiet, diagnose-first]

       -C, --check-silent
              exit  successfully  if  the  given  file  is already sorted, and exit with status 1
              otherwise.

       -f, --ignore-case
              fold lower case to upper case characters

       -i, --ignore-nonprinting
              ignore nonprinting characters

       -b, --ignore-leading-blanks
              ignore leading blanks when finding sort keys in each line

       -o, --output=FILENAME
              write output to FILENAME instead of stdout

       -r, --reverse
              reverse the output

       -s, --stable
              stabilize sort by disabling last-resort comparison

       -u, --unique
              output only the first of an equal run

       -k, --key
              sort by a key

       -t, --field-separator
              custom separator for -k

       -z, --zero-terminated
              line delimiter is NUL, not newline

       --parallel=NUM_THREADS
              change the number of threads running concurrently to NUM_THREADS

       -S, --buffer-size=SIZE
              sets the maximum SIZE of each segment in number of sorted items

       -T, --temporary-directory=DIR
              use DIR for temporaries, not $TMPDIR or /tmp

       --compress-program=PROG
              compress temporary files with PROG, decompress with PROG -d; PROG has to take input
              from stdin and output to stdout

       --batch-size=N_MERGE
              Merge at most N_MERGE inputs at once.

       --files0-from=NUL_FILES
              read input from the files specified by NUL-terminated NUL_FILES

       --debug
              underline the parts of the line that are actually used for sorting

       [files]

EXTRA

       The key format is FIELD[.CHAR][OPTIONS][,FIELD[.CHAR]][OPTIONS].

       Fields  by default are separated by the first whitespace after a non-whitespace character.
       Use -t to specify a custom separator.  In the default case, whitespace is appended at  the
       beginning of each field. Custom separators however are not included in fields.

       FIELD  and  CHAR  both  start at 1 (i.e. they are 1-indexed). If there is no end specified
       after a comma, the end will be the end of the line.  If CHAR is set 0, it means the end of
       the field. CHAR defaults to 1 for the start position and to 0 for the end position.

       Valid options are: MbdfhnRrV. They override the global options for this key.

VERSION

       v0.0.20

                                           sort 0.0.20                                    sort(1)