tldr/pages/common/sort.md
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sort

Sort lines of text files.

  • Sort a file in ascending order:

sort {{filename}}

  • Sort a file in descending order:

sort -r {{filename}}

  • Sort passwd file by the 3rd field:

sort -t: -k 3n /etc/passwd