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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