Commands to know: sort Flashcards

1
Q

-b

A

ignores leading blankso in field contents

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2
Q

-d

A

sorts in “dictionary order”, sorting only letters, digits, and spaces.

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3
Q

-f

A

make upper and lowercase leters equivalent

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4
Q

-i

A

ignores non-printing characters

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5
Q

-k

A

specify field to sort by as (n,m) (start at n, up to and including m)

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6
Q

-o

A

writes results to a file

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7
Q

-r

A

reverses sort order

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8
Q

-t

A

the character is used as field seperator

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9
Q

-u

A

writes only the first sequence of equal output lines

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