sort

Sorts lines of text files.

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Verified: 2025-09-09

Syntax

$sort [OPTIONEN] [DATEI...]

Examples

$sort datei.txt

$sort -r datei.txt

$sort -n zahlen.txt

Typical use cases

Standard usage

sort --help

Note Useful for organizing output.

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