•Arnošt Havelka
SORT - Order Data
Sort lines of text files.
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The sort command allows you to arrange lines of text in a specific order.
Basic Sorting
By default, sort orders lines alphabetically.
Try the command
Try sorting a file!
Build the command
sort
Terminal
~$sort names.txt
Apple
Zebra
References
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SORT - Unique Lines
Sort and remove duplicates.