Question About Sort command

Axl_Rose · 08-15-2006, 10:50 PM

This is more for a guru(read: Wedge or anyone else that know haha). I'm going over a test for a linux course, and one of the commands I need to use is the Sort command. I have never used it, and the man page wasn't too userfriendly. So I guess if someone could give me an example how it is used that would be great.

Wedge_ · 08-16-2006, 03:02 AM

The manpage doesn't seem too bad, but here are some simple examples:

If you just want to sort the lines in a file:
sort <filename>

If you want to sort in reverse order:
sort -r <filename>

If you want to remove duplicates from the results:
sort -u <filename>

Axl_Rose · 08-16-2006, 09:12 AM

Ohh ok I get it now. I messed around with it and it actually sorted the stuff alphabetically. The reason I never realised it before is because is just did and ls > file.txt and then i did a sort of file.txt but it was already in alphabetacle order haha.

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Wedge_ Rogue One Jan 2005 Last Seen: Today Location: Scotland Posts: 997 (#89) Thanked 0x in 0 posts x33	The manpage doesn't seem too bad, but here are some simple examples: If you just want to sort the lines in a file: sort <filename> If you want to sort in reverse order: sort -r <filename> If you want to remove duplicates from the results: sort -u <filename>
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Axl_Rose Tweak Minion Jan 2005 Last Seen: 07-21-2008 Posts: 2,429 (#36) Thanked 0x in 0 posts x0	Ohh ok I get it now. I messed around with it and it actually sorted the stuff alphabetically. The reason I never realised it before is because is just did and ls > file.txt and then i did a sort of file.txt but it was already in alphabetacle order haha.

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