Quick Answer: How Do You Sort a List in Unix?

How do I sort a list in Linux?

How to Sort Files in Linux using Sort Command

1. Perform Numeric Sort using -n option. …
2. Sort Human Readable Numbers using -h option. …
3. Sort Months of an Year using -M option. …
4. Check if Content is Already Sorted using -c option. …
5. Reverse the Output and Check for Uniqueness using -r and -u options.

9 апр. 2013 г.

How do I sort a list alphabetically in Linux?

Sort lines of a text file

1. To sort the file in alphabetical order, we can use the sort command without any options:
2. To sort in reverse, we can use the -r option:
3. We can also sort on the column. …
4. Blank space is the default field separator. …
5. In the picture above, we have sorted the file sort1.