sort

sort sorts the input lines by a given item within each line.

Basic sorting

sort {file} or echo "test" | sort

Option	Args	Description
`-k`	`n[,m]`	Sort by field number `n`, and any further provided field numbers (e.g. `m`) if `n`'s are equal.
`-n`		Sort numerically. e.g. `10` will come after `1`.
`-h`		Sort by numerical value, but take into account the SI suffix, if present. e.g. `10K` will come before `2M`.
`-r`		Reverse the input.
`-t`	`c`	Set the delimiter `c` for each field. e.g. a `,` (comma) for a CSV file. Default is any amount of spaces.

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