Coreutils sort

unix tool to sort input.

Examples

cat <<-EOF | sort
 def
 abc
EOF

# split by '/', sort by 2nd column (bat, air)
cat <<-EOF | sort -t'/' -k2
 /foo/bat/baz.txt
 /foo/air/baz.txt
EOF

# split by '/', sort by 3rd digit of 2nd column (t, r)
cat <<-EOF | sort -t'/' -k2.3
 /foo/bat/baz.txt
 /foo/air/baz.txt
EOF