Provided by: rust-coreutils_0.0.26-3_amd64 
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
v0.0.26
sort 0.0.26 sort(1)