How Do I Sort and Save a File in Unix?

How do you sort a file in Unix?

Unix Sort Command with Examples

1. sort -b: Ignore blanks at the start of the line.
2. sort -r: Reverse the sorting order.
3. sort -o: Specify the output file.
4. sort -n: Use the numerical value to sort.
5. sort -M: Sort as per the calendar month specified.
6. sort -u: Suppress lines that repeat an earlier key.

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How do I save a sorted file in Linux?

You may write like sort -b -o filename filename, where filename specifies the same file twice as you want the output to be saved or overwrite to the original file. This command works like, it shall remove any blank spaces and the sort the contents of file and overwrite to original file.