Use of Filters - sort
Performs an alphanumeric sort of a file.
host% sort [options] [file(s)]
Example of use:
host% ls -l > x Routes the result to file "x"
host% sort x Sorts on first field (blank delimiter)
0 -rw------- 1 ths 0 Jun 4 09:30 dead.letter
0 -rw-r--r-- 1 ths 0 Apr 30 14:34 x
1 -rwx------ 1 ths 31 Dec 17 1993 startAR*
1 -rwx-----x 1 ths 115 Nov 25 1991 cfs.size*
1 drwx------ 2 ths 512 Feb 29 1996 News/
1 drwx--x--x 2 ths 512 Aug 15 1996 cfs.dir/
1 drwxr-xr-x 2 ths 512 Apr 22 14:52 complit/
2 -rw------- 1 ths 1117 Apr 8 1996 travel
2 -rw-r--r-- 1 ths 1609 Feb 13 09:32 team.mmet
2 -rwx--x--x 1 ths 1690 Apr 28 1993 openwin-init*
2 drwx------ 2 ths 1536 Nov 28 1995 html/
2 drwxr-xr-x 2 ths 1536 Apr 7 12:01 bits2/