Linux sort Command

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

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:

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.