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- SORT
-
- SORT is an external command that rearranges the lines of text in a file
- or keyboard input into alphanumeric order.
-
- SORT[/R][/+n] [<[d1:][pathname1]filename1[.ext1]] [>filename2[.ext2]]
- \____________________________/ \_____________/
- \input \output
-
- /R allows you to sort in reverse alphanumeric order. The default is to
- sort in ascending order. See the ORDERING topic for details.
-
- /+n is the column number to start sorting on. The default is column 1.
- If you wanted to start the sort on column 20, you would specify /+20.
-
- <[d1:][pathname1]filename1[.ext1]] is the name of the input file you
- want to sort. Notice the <. With SORT, you must use <(redirection)
- to read input from a file. Otherwise, SORT will expect its input to
- be entered from the keyboard.
-
- >filename2[.ext2] is the output file (or device) where you want to write
- the sorted data. Notice the >. You must use >(redirection) to get
- SORT to write to a file. Otherwise, it will display its output on
- the screen.
-
- Sort won't work on files over 64,512 characters long. It will sort special
- (non-alphanumeric) characters like Ctrl-Z or Tab, but probably not in the
- order desired. See the NEW_TERMS REDIRECTION topic for more information.