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| author | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2014-09-19 02:53:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2014-09-19 02:53:32 +0000 |
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diff --git a/doc/s6-sort.html b/doc/s6-sort.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5e2d468 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/s6-sort.html @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +<html> + <head> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en" /> + <title>s6-portable-utils: the s6-sort program</title> + <meta name="Description" content="s6-portable-utils: the s6-sort program" /> + <meta name="Keywords" content="s6-portable-utils command s6-sort sort" /> + <!-- <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://skarnet.org/default.css" /> --> + </head> +<body> + +<p> +<a href="index.html">s6-portable-utils</a><br /> +<a href="http://skarnet.org/software/">Software</a><br /> +<a href="http://skarnet.org/">skarnet.org</a> +</p> + +<h1> The <tt>s6-sort</tt> program </h1> + +<p> + s6-sort sorts its input. +</p> + +<h2> Interface </h2> + +<pre> + s6-sort [ -b ] [ -c ] [ -f ] [ -r ] [ -u ] [ -0 ] +</pre> + +<ul> + <li> s6-sort reads its stdin until EOF </li> + <li> It sorts all the lines it read alphanumerically </li> + <li> It prints the sorted lines to stdout and exits 0 </li> +</ul> + +<h2> Options </h2> + +<ul> + <li> <tt>-b</tt> : ignore leading spaces and tabs at the beginning of each +line when sorting </li> + <li> <tt>-c</tt> : suppresses normal output, just returns 0 if the output +would have been the same as the input and 1 otherwise </li> + <li> <tt>-f</tt> : ignore case when sorting </li> + <li> <tt>-r</tt> : reverse sort </li> + <li> <tt>-u</tt> : suppresses duplicate lines </li> + <li> <tt>-0</tt> : input and output lines are separated by null characters +instead of newlines </li> +</ul> + +<h2> Posixness </h2> + +<p> + s6-sort <strong>is not</strong> suitable as a Single Unix +<a href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/sort.html">sort</a> +program. +</p> + +</body> +</html> |