Living in the Shell #6; sort

sort 🆎

Sorts/randomizes input lines.

Sort lexically

echo -n 'Zack\nAdam\nCharles' | sort 

Adam Charles Zack 

Sort descending -r

echo -n 'Zack\nAdam\nCharles' | sort -r 

Sort numerically -n

echo -n '10 Zack\n5 Adam\n1 Charles' | sort -n 

1 Charles 5 Adam 10 Zack 

Sort human-readable size numerics -h

echo -n '1G\n1K\n23MB' | sort -h 

1K 23MB 1G 

Check sorted state -c

echo -n 'Zack\nAdam\nCharles' | sort -c 

sort: -:2: disorder: Adam 

(Exits with a nonzero exit code that indicates unsorted input.)

Shuffle/randomize -R

echo -n 'Zack\nAdam\nCharles' | sort -R