Sort lines of text
| Opts | Long Option | Description |
|---|---|---|
| -b | –ignore-leading-blanks | Ignore leading blanks; sort by first non-whitespace char |
| -f | –ignore-case | Make sorting case-insensitive |
| -n | –numeric-sort | Sort based on numeric evaluation of a string |
| -r | –reverse | Sort in reverse order |
| -k | –key=field1[,field2] | sort based on key field located from field1 to field2 |
| -m | –merge | Treat each argument as the name of a presorted file |
| -o | –output=file | Send sorted output to file |
| -t | –filed-separator=char | Define the field-separator by char. Default is spaces or tabs. |
Common sort Options
Example: du -s /usr/share/* | sort -nr | head