From cb3147d29860195780f745faf42e2b8a02bdcbf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:36:56 +0100
Subject: 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.
---
 doc/coreutils.texi | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

(limited to 'doc')

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
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