Linux sort命令详解

Example

• output to file
  sort file.txt -o file.txt
• sort by column
  sort -n -k2 file.txt
• sort , from dig to small
  sort -nr -k2 file.txt

common

• b, –ignore-leading-blanks ignore leading blanks
• d, –dictionary-order consider only blanks and alphanumeric characters
• f, –ignore-case fold lower case to upper case characters
• g, –general-numeric-sort compare according to general numerical value
• i, –ignore-nonprinting consider only printable characters
• M, –month-sort compare (unknown) < JAN' < ... <DEC'
• n, –numeric-sort compare according to string numerical value
• r, –reverse reverse the result of comparisons
• u, – distinct

Other options:

• c, –check check whether input is sorted; do not sort
• k, –key=POS1[,POS2] start a key at POS1, end it at POS2 (origin 1)
• m, –merge merge already sorted files; do not sort
• o, –output=FILE write result to FILE instead of standard output
• s, –stable stabilize sort by disabling last-resort comparison
• S, –buffer-size=SIZE use SIZE for main memory buffer
• t, –field-separator=SEP use SEP instead of non-blank to blank transition
• T, –temporary-directory=DIR use DIR for temporaries, not $TMPDIR