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{
"name": "sort",
"description": "Sort lines of text files",
"options": [
{
"name": [
"-b",
"--ignore-leading-blanks"
],
"description": "Ignore leading blanks"
},
{
"name": [
"-d",
"--dictionary-order"
],
"description": "Consider only blanks and alphanumeric characters"
},
{
"name": [
"-f",
"--ignore-case"
],
"description": "Fold lower case to upper case characters"
},
{
"name": [
"-g",
"--general-numeric-sort"
],
"description": "Compare according to general numerical value"
},
{
"name": [
"-i",
"--ignore-nonprinting"
],
"description": "Consider only printable characters"
},
{
"name": [
"-M",
"--month-sort"
],
"description": "Compare (unknown) < 'JAN' < ... < 'DEC'"
},
{
"name": [
"-h",
"--human-numeric-sort"
],
"description": "Compare human readable numbers (e.g., 2K 1G)"
},
{
"name": [
"-n",
"--numeric-sort"
],
"description": "Compare according to string numerical value"
},
{
"name": [
"-R",
"--random-sort"
],
"description": "Shuffle, but group identical keys"
},
{
"name": "--random-source",
"description": "Get random bytes from FILE",
"args": {
"name": "FILE",
"template": "filepaths"
}
},
{
"name": [
"-r",
"--reverse"
],
"description": "Reverse the result of comparisons"
},
{
"name": "--sort",
"description": "Sort according to WORD",
"args": {
"name": "WORD",
"suggestions": [
"general-numeric",
"human-numeric",
"month",
"numeric",
"random",
"version"
]
}
},
{
"name": [
"-V",
"--version-sort"
],
"description": "Natural sort of (version) numbers within text"
},
{
"name": "--batch-size",
"description": "Merge at most NMERGE inputs at once; for more use temp files",
"args": {
"name": "NMERGE"
}
},
{
"name": [
"-c",
"--check"
],
"description": "Check for sorted input; do not sort"
},
{
"name": "-C",
"description": "Like -c, but do not report first bad line"
},
{
"name": "--compress-program",
"description": "Compress temporaries with PROG; decompress them with PROG -d",
"args": {
"name": "PROG"
}
},
{
"name": "--debug",
"description": "Annotate the part of the line used to sort, and warn about questionable usage to stderr"
},
{
"name": "--files0-from",
"description": "Read input from the files specified by NUL-terminated names in file F; if F is - then read names from standard input",
"args": {
"name": "F",
"template": "filepaths"
}
},
{
"name": [
"-k",
"--key"
],
"description": "Sort via a key; KEYDEF gives location and type (format: \"F[.C][OPTS][,F[.C][OPTS]]\")",
"args": {
"name": "KEYDEF"
}
},
{
"name": [
"-m",
"--merge"
],
"description": "Merge already sorted files; do not sort"
},
{
"name": [
"-o",
"--output"
],
"description": "Write result to FILE instead of standard output",
"args": {
"name": "FILE",
"template": "filepaths"
}
},
{
"name": [
"-s",
"--stable"
],
"description": "Stabilize sort by disabling last-resort comparison"
},
{
"name": [
"-S",
"--buffer-size"
],
"description": "Use SIZE for main memory buffer",
"args": {
"name": "SIZE"
}
},
{
"name": [
"-t",
"--field-separator"
],
"description": "Use SEP instead of non-blank to blank transition",
"args": {
"name": "SEP"
}
},
{
"name": [
"-T",
"--temporary-directory"
],
"description": "Use DIR for temporaries, not $TMPDIR or /tmp; multiple options specify multiple directories",
"args": {
"name": "DIR",
"template": "folders"
}
},
{
"name": "--parallel",
"description": "Change the number of sorts run concurrently to N",
"args": {
"name": "N"
}
},
{
"name": [
"-u",
"--unique"
],
"description": "With -c, check for strict ordering; without -c, output only the first of an equal run"
},
{
"name": [
"-z",
"--zero-terminated"
],
"description": "Line delimiter is NUL, not newline"
},
{
"name": "--help",
"description": "Display this help and exit"
},
{
"name": "--version",
"description": "Output version information and exit"
}
],
"args": {
"name": "FILE",
"isOptional": true,
"isVariadic": true,
"template": [
"filepaths",
"folders"
]
}
}
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