sort - manual page for sort 1.31.1
sort [-nrugMcszbdfiokt] [-o FILE] [-k
start[.offset][opts][,end[.offset][opts]]
[-t CHAR] [FILE]...
BusyBox v1.31.1 (2020-04-30 13:38:01 EDT) multi-call binary.
Sort lines of text
-o FILE Output to FILE
- -c
- Check whether input is sorted
- -b
- Ignore leading blanks
- -f
- Ignore case
- -i
- Ignore unprintable characters
- -d
- Dictionary order (blank or alphanumeric only)
- -n
- Sort numbers
- -g
- General numerical sort
- -M
- Sort month
- -V
- Sort version
-t CHAR Field separator
-k N[,M] Sort by Nth field
- -r
- Reverse sort order
- -s
- Stable (don't sort ties alphabetically)
- -u
- Suppress duplicate lines
- -z
- Lines are terminated by NUL, not newline