sort

Sorts lines of text files.

Last updated: 2026-07-05 Report error

Syntax

$sort [OPTIONS] [FILE...]

Examples

$sort file.txt

Examples

$sort -r file.txt

Examples

$sort -n numbers.txt

Typical use cases

Sort alphabetically

sort file.txt

Reverse order

sort -r file.txt

Numeric sort

sort -n numbers.txt

Note Useful for organizing output.

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