sort.md

sort

Command-line sort utility in unix

• -h = "human readable numbers", for example to sort directories by size:

  du -hd1 | sort -h
  

• -t = by time/date stamp

  ls -l | sort -t
  

• -r = reverse order

  ls -l | sort -rt
  

• -k = sort using a different column

  df -h | sort -hk2