Command: sort
SORT sorts a file or input for displaying.
The file for input is not modified.
Syntax:
sort [/R] [/N] [/+num] [/A] [/?] [drive][path]filename
command | sort [/R] [/N] [/A] [/+num] [/?]
drive The drive letter, e.g. C:
path The directory, e.g. \example\
filename The driver (file) to load, e.g. unordered.txt
Options:
/R Sort in reverse order (Z - A).
/A Sort by ASCII, ignore COUNTRY.
/N Enables NLS / CODEPAGE / COUNTRY based SORT ORDER.
/+num Begin sorting at column num in each line of text. Default=1.
/? Shows the help.
Comments:
SORT does not change the input file, only the output.
SORT supports NLS (national language support).
Examples:
Displays the current directory in alphabetical order:
dir | sort
Sorts a file and writes it to another file:
sort unordered.txt > ordered.txt
sort -ENTER- (alternativ: sort /+2)
this -ENTER-
is -ENTER-
a -ENTER-
short -ENTER-
sentence -ENTER-
(CTRL-Z) (exits the command and executes it)
gives out: sorted by second letter per line:
a a
is sentence
sentence this
short short
this is
See also:
country
codepage
more
type
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Copyright (C) 1998 Jim Hall, updated 2007 by W. Spiegl.
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