Sort text lines alphabetically on the command line: sfk sort

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Sort text lines alphabetically on the command line with the free Swiss File Knife for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

Download the free Swiss File Knife Base from Sourceforge.
Open the Windows CMD command line, Mac OS X Terminal or Linux shell.
OS X : type mv sfk-mac-64.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk
Linux: type mv sfk-linux-64.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk. OS X and Linux syntax may differ, check the help within the tool.

sfk ... +sort

sort text lines, case insensitive by default.
requires a previous command producing text output.

options
   -case        case sensitive text comparison
   -rev[erse]   reverse sorting order
   -skiphead    first line is a table header,
                exclude this from sorting
   -head=n      keep first n lines unsorted

examples
   sfk filter csv.txt +sort
      print sorted contents of csv.txt
   sfk filter csv.txt +sort +view
      shows output with the dview GUI tool

sfk ... +sort

sort text lines, case insensitive by 
default. requires a previous command
producing text output.

options
   -case        case sensitive text 
                comparison
   -rev[erse]   reverse sorting order
   -skiphead    first line is a table 
                header, exclude this from
                sorting
   -head=n      keep first n lines unsorted


examples
   sfk filter csv.txt +sort
      print sorted contents of csv.txt
   sfk filter csv.txt +sort +view
      shows output with the dview GUI tool

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