Linux sort Command

What is Linux sort Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use sort command in Linux. sort command is sort - sort lines of text files.

sort Syntax#

sort [OPTION]... [FILE]...
sort [OPTION]... --files0-from=F

sort Examples#

sort Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of sort command. sort command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for sort command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man sort

To open info page for sort command we can use command below.

info sort

To open help page from sort command we can run command below.

sort --help

Linux sort Command Source Code#

You can find sort command source code from the folowing repositories:

• sort source code on GitHub
• sort source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• sort source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use sort in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.