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The `sort' command
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   Next we'll look at the `sort' command.  This is one of the most
powerful commands on a Unix-style system; one that you will often find
yourself using when setting up fancy data plumbing. The `sort' command
reads and sorts each file named on the command line.  It then merges
the sorted data and writes it to standard output.  It will read
standard input if no files are given on the command line (thus making
it into a filter).  The sort is based on the character collating
sequence or based on user-supplied ordering criteria.


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