# sort

## Resource

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## Sort basic&#x20;

## Reverse Sort

`-r`

## Sort numerically

`-n`

## Sort by defined column(s)

-k, --key=*POS1\[*,POS2]

## Sort a file with different delimiter

`-t ,`

## Sort and strip of duplicates

`-u`

## Sort ignore case

`-f`

## Check if file is sorted

`-c`

## Ignore leading blanks

`-b`


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