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diff --git a/util/sbase/sort.1 b/util/sbase/sort.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f5a2121e --- /dev/null +++ b/util/sbase/sort.1 @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +.Dd February 17, 2016 +.Dt SORT 1 +.Os sbase +.Sh NAME +.Nm sort +.Nd sort lines +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl Cbcdfimnru +.Op Fl o Ar outfile +.Op Fl t Ar delim +.Op Fl k Ar key ... +.Op Ar file ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +writes the sorted concatenation of each +.Ar file +to stdout. +If no +.Ar file +is given +.Nm +reads from stdin. +.Sh OPTIONS +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl C +Check that the concatenation of the given +.Ar files +is sorted rather than sorting them. +In this mode, no output is printed to stdout, and the exit status +indicates the result of the check. +.It Fl b +Skip leading whitespace of columns when sorting. +.It Fl c +The same as +.Fl C +except that when disorder is detected, a message is written to stderr +indicating the location of the disorder. +.It Fl d +Skip non-whitespace and non-alphanumeric characters. +.It Fl f +Ignore letter case when sorting. +.It Fl i +Skip non-printable characters. +.It Fl k Ar key +Specify a key definition of the form +.Sm off +.Sy S +.No [. +.Sy s +.No ][ +.Sy f +.No ][ , +.Sy E +.No [. +.Sy e +.No ][ +.Sy f +.No ]] +.Sm on +where +.Sy S , s , E +and +.Sy e +are the starting column, starting character in that column, ending column and +the ending character of that column respectively. +If they are not specified, +.Sy s +refers to the first character of the specified starting column, +.Sy E +refers to the last column of every line, and +.Sy e +refers to the last character of the ending column. +.Sy f +can be used to specify options +.Sy ( n , b ) +that only apply to this key definition. +.Sy b +is special in that it only applies to the column that it was specified after. +.It Fl m +Assume sorted input, merge only. +.It Fl n +Perform a numeric sort. +.It Fl o Ar outfile +Write output to +.Ar outfile +rather than stdout. +.It Fl r +Reverses the sort. +.It Fl t Ar delim +Set +.Ar delim +as the field delimiter. +.It Fl u +Print equal lines only once. +.El +.Sh STANDARDS +POSIX.1-2013. |