{
"name": "sort",
"description": "Sort or merge records (lines) of text and binary files",
"options": [
{
"names": [
"--help"
],
"description": "Shows help message"
},
{
"names": [
"--version"
],
"description": "Displays the current version of sort"
},
{
"names": [
"-c",
"--check",
"-C"
],
"description": "Check that the single input file is sorted",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "output",
"description": "Suppress errors on false check",
"suggestions": [
"silent",
"quiet"
]
}
},
{
"names": [
"-m",
"--merge"
],
"description": "Merge only. The input files are assumed to be pre-sorted. If they are not sorted the output order is undefined"
},
{
"names": [
"-o",
"--output"
],
"description": "Print the output to the output file instead of the standard output",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "output"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-S",
"--buffer-size"
],
"description": "Use size for the maximum size of the memory buffer",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "size"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-T",
"--temporary-directory"
],
"description": "Store temporary files in the directory dir",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "dir",
"template": "folders"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-u",
"--unique"
],
"description": "Unique keys. Suppress all lines that have a key that is equal to an already processed one"
},
{
"names": [
"-s"
],
"description": "Stable sort. This option maintains the original record order of records that have an equal key"
},
{
"names": [
"-b",
"--ignore-leading-blanks"
],
"description": "Ignore leading blank characters when comparing lines"
},
{
"names": [
"-d",
"--dictionary-order"
],
"description": "Consider only blank spaces and alphanumeric characters in comparisons"
},
{
"names": [
"-f",
"--ignore-case"
],
"description": "Convert all lowercase characters to their upper case equivalent before comparison"
},
{
"names": [
"-g",
"--general-numeric-sort"
],
"description": "Sort by general numerical value"
},
{
"names": [
"-h",
"--human-numeric-sort"
],
"description": "Sort by numerical value, but take into account the SI suffix, if present"
},
{
"names": [
"-i",
"--ignore-nonprinting"
],
"description": "Ignore all non-printable characters"
},
{
"names": [
"-M",
"--month-sort"
],
"description": "Sort by month abbreviations. Unknown strings are considered smaller than the month names"
},
{
"names": [
"-n",
"--numeric-sort"
],
"description": "Sort fields numerically by arithmetic value"
},
{
"names": [
"-R",
"--random-sort"
],
"description": "Sort by a random order"
},
{
"names": [
"-r",
"--reverse"
],
"description": "Sort in reverse order"
},
{
"names": [
"-V",
"--version-sort"
],
"description": "Sort version numbers"
},
{
"names": [
"-k",
"--key"
],
"description": "Define a restricted sort key that has the starting position field1, and optional ending position field2",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "field1"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-t",
"--field-separator"
],
"description": "Use char as a field separator character",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "char"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-z",
"--zero-terminated"
],
"description": "Use NUL as record separator"
},
{
"names": [
"--batch-size"
],
"description": "Specify maximum number of files that can be opened by sort at once",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "num"
}
},
{
"names": [
"--compress-program"
],
"description": "Use PROGRAM to compress temporary files (eg. bzip2)",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "PROGRAM",
"template": "filepaths"
}
},
{
"names": [
"--random-source"
],
"description": "In random sort, the file content is used as the source of the 'seed' data for the hash function choice",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "filename",
"template": "filepaths"
}
},
{
"names": [
"--debug"
],
"description": "Print some extra information about the sorting process to the standard output"
},
{
"names": [
"--parallel"
],
"description": "Set the maximum number of execution threads. Default number equals to the number of CPUs"
},
{
"names": [
"--files0-from"
],
"description": "Take the input file list from the file filename",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "filename",
"template": "filepaths"
}
},
{
"names": [
"--radixsort"
],
"description": "Try to use radix sort, if the sort specifications allow"
},
{
"names": [
"--mergesort"
],
"description": "Use mergesort. This is a universal algorithm that can always be used, but it is not always the fastest"
},
{
"names": [
"--qsort"
],
"description": "Try to use quick sort, if the sort specifications allow. This sort algorithm cannot be used with -u and -s"
},
{
"names": [
"--heapsort"
],
"description": "Try to use heap sort, if the sort specifications allow. This sort algorithm cannot be used with -u and -s"
},
{
"names": [
"--mmap"
],
"description": "Try to use file memory mapping system call. It may increase speed in some cases"
},
{
"names": [
"--sort"
],
"description": "Select how to sort values",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "type",
"suggestions": [
"general-numeric",
"human-numeric",
"month",
"numeric",
"random"
]
}
}
],
"args": [
{
"name": "file",
"is_variadic": true,
"template": "filepaths"
}
]
}