Sort command in Linux
1.0 Sort
The sort command is for sorting lines in text files. For example, if we have a file names, we can sort it with the sort command,
$ cat names John Doe Jane Doe John Roe Richard Roe Tommy Atkins Max Mustermann Erika Mustermann Joe Bloggs $ $ sort names Erika Mustermann Jane Doe Joe Bloggs John Doe John Roe Max Mustermann Richard Roe Tommy Atkins
The words in the input lines are fields, which are numbered 1 onwards.… Read more