# Command: sort

      SORT sorts a file or input for displaying.
      The file for input is not modified.

## Syntax:

      sort [/R] [/N] [/+num] [/A] [/?] [drive][path]filename
      command | sort [/R] [/N] [/A] [/+num] [/?]
           drive     The drive letter, e.g. C:
           path      The directory, e.g. \example\
           filename  The driver (file) to load, e.g. unordered.txt

#### [Main menu] [top] (Syntax) [Options] [Comments] [Examples] [See also] [File]

## Options:

      /R     Sort in reverse order (Z - A).
      /A     Sort by ASCII, ignore COUNTRY.
      /N     Enables NLS / CODEPAGE / COUNTRY based SORT ORDER.
      /+num  Begin sorting at column num in each line of text.  Default=1.
      /?     Shows the help.

#### [Main menu] [top] [Syntax] (Options) [Comments] [Examples] [See also] [File]

## Comments:

      SORT does not change the input file, only the output.
      SORT supports NLS (national language support).

#### [Main menu] [top] [Syntax] [Options] (Comments) [Examples] [See also] [File]

## Examples:

      Displays the current directory in alphabetical order:
        dir | sort
      Sorts a file and writes it to another file:
        sort unordered.txt > ordered.txt
        sort           -ENTER-   (alternativ: sort /+2)
        this           -ENTER-
        is             -ENTER-
        a              -ENTER-
        short          -ENTER-
        sentence       -ENTER-
      (CTRL-Z)  (exits the command and executes it)
        gives out:                sorted by second letter per line:
        a                         a
        is                        sentence
        sentence                  this
        short                     short
        this                      is

#### [Main menu] [top] [Syntax] [Options] [Comments] (Examples) [See also] [File]

## See also:

      country
      codepage
      more
      type

#### [Main menu] [top] [Syntax] [Options] [Comments] [Examples] (See also) [File]

## File:

      Please read this command's lsm file also.
      You will find the updated version (internet) here and
      the version described in this manual page here.
      The lsm file contains information about the name of the programmer,
      the download site, and some other command related information.

#### [Main menu] [top] [Syntax] [Options] [Comments] [Examples] [See also] (File)

      Copyright © 1998 Jim Hall, updated 2007 by W. Spiegl.

      This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
      See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.