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| author | Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> | 2008-02-20 08:36:56 +0100 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2008-02-20 08:41:29 +0100 |
| commit | cb3147d29860195780f745faf42e2b8a02bdcbf5 (patch) | |
| tree | 4fe7240b19d7d861907ae2f5713361c3aea8034a /doc | |
| parent | c78039b87de6c636a167d3206081cced54af08e2 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-cb3147d29860195780f745faf42e2b8a02bdcbf5.tar.xz | |
sort: add --sort=... option.
* src/sort.c (SORT_OPTION): New enum.
(sort_args, sort_types): Define.
(usage, long_options, main): New option --sort.
* tests/sort/Test.pm: Test it.
* doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Document --sort option.
* NEWS: Mention this.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index e8ccb4bd2..040a1de9c 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -3536,8 +3536,10 @@ The @env{LC_CTYPE} locale determines character types. @item -g @itemx --general-numeric-sort +@itemx --sort=general-numeric @opindex -g @opindex --general-numeric-sort +@opindex --sort @cindex general numeric sort @vindex LC_NUMERIC Sort numerically, using the standard C function @code{strtod} to convert @@ -3580,8 +3582,10 @@ This option has no effect if the stronger @option{--dictionary-order} @item -M @itemx --month-sort +@itemx --sort=month @opindex -M @opindex --month-sort +@opindex --sort @cindex months, sorting by @vindex LC_TIME An initial string, consisting of any amount of blanks, followed @@ -3594,8 +3598,10 @@ can change this. @item -n @itemx --numeric-sort +@itemx --sort=numeric @opindex -n @opindex --numeric-sort +@opindex --sort @cindex numeric sort @vindex LC_NUMERIC Sort numerically. The number begins each line and consists @@ -3623,8 +3629,10 @@ appear earlier in the output instead of later. @item -R @itemx --random-sort +@itemx --sort=random @opindex -R @opindex --random-sort +@opindex --sort @cindex random sort Sort by hashing the input keys and then sorting the hash values. Choose the hash function at random, ensuring that it is free of |